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DNA amplification

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DNA amplification,
artificial increase in the number of copies of a particular DNA fragment into millions of copies through replication of the segment into which it has been cloned, a type of nucleic acid amplification.

DNA amplification
Molecular diagnostics Any method used to ↑ the copy number of a sequence of DNA. See Cycling probe technology, Gap LCR–gap ligase chain reaction, Gene amplification, NASBA–nucleic acid sequence-based amplification, PCR, SDA–strand-displacement amplification, TMA–transcription-mediated amplification.


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nbsp;(PCR), laboratory process in which a particular DNA segment from a mixture of DNA chains is rapidly replicated, producing a large, readily analyzed sample of a piece of DNA; the process is sometimes called DNA amplification.
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Scientists have used their understanding of yeast genetics to adapt a DNA amplification and sequencing method for rapid yeast identification.
 
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