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Who initially developed the DNA fingerprinting technique?
AAlec Jeffreys
BMatthew Meselson
CFred Griffith
DFrederick Sanger
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Alec Jeffreys
Alec Jeffreys used a highly polymorphic satellite DNA probe called VNTR to create DNA fingerprints.
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