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Published on: August 21, 2026

The construction of the first recombinant DNA was done by?

A
Stanley cohen and Herbert Boyer
B
Nathan's and Smith
C
Maeselson and Stahl
D
Allec Jeffreys

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• The first recombinant DNA (rDNA) was made in 1973.

• It was done by Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer.

• They used restriction enzymes to cut DNA and DNA ligase to join DNA from different sources.

• They successfully inserted a foreign gene into a bacterium (E. coli), which then replicated it.

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