With whom did Kary Mullis share the Nobel Prize?
Michael Smith
Richard Feynman
Greg Winter
Rosalind Franklin
Answer
Kary Mullis shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993 with Michael Smith for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The PCR is a technique that allows scientists to amplify DNA in a test tube, making it possible to study DNA in much greater detail than was previously possible.
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