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The Polymerase Chain Reaction

OCR A-level BiologyGenetic Engineering and BiotechnologyLesson 4 of 17

In the past, at least 1μg of DNA was required for DNA profiling. With PCR, only tiny amounts of DNA are needed as DNA can be replicated from very small amounts.

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