Who discovered "Reverse transcription"?

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(C) The correct answer is $C$. Howard Temin and David Baltimore discovered "Reverse transcription" (also known as $Teminism$) in retroviruses in $1970

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Temin and Baltimore

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(C) The correct answer is $C$. Howard Temin and David Baltimore discovered "Reverse transcription" (also known as $Teminism$) in retroviruses in $1970-1972$. This process involves the synthesis of $DNA$ from an $RNA$ template. For this groundbreaking discovery, Temin, Baltimore, and Renato Dulbecco were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in $1975$.

Column - $I$	Column - $II$
$(a)$ Helicase	$(1)$ Joining of nucleotides
$(b)$ Gyrase	$(2)$ Opening of $DNA$
$(c)$ Primase	$(3)$ Unwinding of $DNA$
$(d)$ $DNA$ Polymerase $III$	$(4)$ $RNA$ Priming

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Match the columns.
Column - $I$ Column - $II$
$(a)$ Helicase $(1)$ Joining of nucleotides
$(b)$ Gyrase $(2)$ Opening of $DNA$
$(c)$ Primase $(3)$ Unwinding of $DNA$
$(d)$ $DNA$ Polymerase $III$ $(4)$ $RNA$ Priming

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