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The source of Taq polymerase used in PCR technique is a(a) Thermophilic fungus(b) Mesophilic fungus(c) Thermophilic bacteria(d) Halophilic bacteria
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PCR stands for Polymerase Chain Reaction, a technique used in molecular biology to amplify a single or a few copies of a piece of DNA across several orders of magnitude, generating thousands to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence. Show more…
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