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Origin of Genomics and Semi-Synthetic Genes

2018-06-05

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Joachim Messing is a biologist recognized for work in genomics and biotechnology. The shotgun DNA sequencing method and the M13mp/pUC/JM cloning kits made him the most frequently cited scientist in the world for the eighties. Messing made his innovations freely available, ensuring rapid advances in all life sciences. With contributions to plant genomics he focuses on raising the nutritional quality of food.