A method of making multiple copies of a DNA sequence, involving repeated reactions with a polymerase.
Example sentencesExamples
- The y gene region was subsequently amplified by the polymerase chain reaction.
- Sequences were amplified via the polymerase chain reaction.
- Our editorial did not state that we perform or advocate reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in blood.
- The new technologies virtually negate the need for examinations, and urine testing by polymerase chain reaction or ligase chain reaction is as effective as conventional testing.
- The major advance in ancient DNA analysis was the development of the polymerase chain reaction.