Question

Define the term PCR.
Topic: Biotechnology: Process and Application

Answer 1

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is an amplification technique for cloning the specific or targeted parts of a DNA sequence to generate thousands to millions of copies of DNA of interest. From: Modern Applications of Plant Biotechnology in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015

Answer 2

Answer:

PCR stands for polymerase chain reaction.

Explanation:

This technique is widely used in Molecular Biology to target desired sites in a specific DNA.

It is also used to produce several copies of a desired site of a DNA.

This method is is done by using two main regions are known as primers which are short DNA fragments and DNA polymerase enzyme.