Kary Mullis Accomplishments

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Kary Mullis was born December 28, 1944. Mullis worked as a DNA chemist for 7 years, He also invented the polymerase chain reaction. Kary Mullis was born in Lenoir, North Carolina. Mullis is 71 years old, He’s also been married 3 times. He wrote a quote stating “Art is subject to arbitrary fashion”. Kary Mullis accomplishments were very overall. His invention of the polymerase chain reaction chain reaction helps specific segment of DNA results quickly and accurately. Methods obtaining a sequence of DNA in quantities sufficient for study. Mullis developed the PCR uses four types of ingredients. Society found out about Kary Mullis experiment through when PCR was developed, molecular biologists had to use laborious

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