Molecular Biotechnology-Lession 3: Basic techniques in DNA technology

Polymerase Chain Reaction is widely held as one of the most important inventions of the 20th century in molecular biology. Small amounts of the genetic material can now be amplified to be able to a identify, manipulate DNA, detect infectious organisms, including the viruses that cause AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis, detect genetic variations, including mutations, in human genes and numerous other tasks.Exponentially amplifying a single or some piece of DNA generating thousands of million copies of DNA Total copies = 2n where n is the number of cycles to copy DNA So basically it is the cycles of heating and cooling (thermal cycli...