polymerase chain reaction
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[edit]Noun
[edit]polymerase chain reaction (plural polymerase chain reactions)
- (genetics, molecular biology, organic chemistry) A technique in molecular biology for creating multiple copies of DNA from a sample; used in genetic fingerprinting etc.
Synonyms
[edit]- PCR (initialism)
Translations
[edit]technique in molecular biology for creating multiple copies of DNA from a sample