Professor Sir Alec John Jeffreys, who was awarded the Albert Einstein World Award of Science in 1996, is famous for developing what?
- Face-recognition software
- Techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling
- The scientific study of fingerprints
- The polygraph
Answer
The correct answer is B) Techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling.
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