alleryThe genetic code was deciphered largely through the work of:
AWatson and Crick
BAvery, MacLeod and McCarty
CMendel and Morgan
DMarshall Nirenberg, Har Gobind Khorana, and Severo Ochoa
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Marshall Nirenberg, Har Gobind Khorana, and Severo Ochoa
**Nirenberg** (cell-free protein synthesis), **Khorana** (chemical synthesis of RNA homo/copolymers with defined sequences) and **Severo Ochoa** (RNA polymerisation) jointly deciphered the genetic code.
Nirenberg and Khorana shared the 1968 Nobel Prize with Holley.
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