1. Prepare a 40 ml 1 % agarose gel in 0.5X TBE, containing 0.5 µg/ml ethidium bromide. Each gel will be shared by 2 groups on the same bench. 3. Each group will load PCR and control samples on one ...

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PCR amplifies DNA in a three-step process: denaturation, which melts double-stranded DNA into single strands; annealing, which lets small pieces of primer DNA bind to either side of the region of ...