Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

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The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a remarkable and very powerful way to copy DNA and make, in fact, as many copies of DNA as you want to, with a really simple but powerful technique.

To learn about how this technique works and where it is being used, review the following content and return here afterward.

• Polymerase Chain Reaction - Introduction to Genomic Technologies offered by Johns Hopkins University

• Polymerase Chain Reaction article by KhanAcademy

Also, watch the video below.

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