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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
A technique that uses DNA polymerase to amplify the amount of DNA in a sample.


Read more about this term in the Online Textbook:
Microbial Diversity: Studying Unculturable Microbes with PCR

Related Terms:
dsDNA
Oligonucleotide (oligo)
ssDNA

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