The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing are intricately linked and vital to many fields in the life sciences. First invented in 1983, PCR is used to dramatically amplify DNA in a matter of ...

enabling DNA polymerases to assemble copies of the target sequence in large quantities. PCR makes it possible to produce millions of copies of a DNA sequence in a test tube in just a few hours ...

RAPD is a multilocus approach that uses low-stringency PCR conditions to permit promiscuous amplification of genomic regions. It can be carried out in the absence of genome sequence data ...