Biology A-Level
In vitro exponential amplification
What In vitro exponential amplification means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of In vitro exponential amplification
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Reference: OCR
A method that copies a target DNA sequence outside a living organism, doubling the target each cycle so that n cycles give 2ⁿ copies.
Topics that use In vitro exponential amplification
- Manipulating genomes (OCR A-Level)
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