Why is each of the following reagents required to be in the PCR reaction tube?  Primers, Taq DNA polymerase, nucleotide mix, reaction buffer 2. Imagine that you forgot to add nucleotides to your PCR master mix.  How would this affect the outcome of your PCR reactions? a) If you made the mistake described in

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1. Why is each of the following reagents required to be in the PCR reaction tube?  Primers, Taq DNA polymerase, nucleotide mix, reaction buffer

2. Imagine that you forgot to add nucleotides to your PCR master mix.  How would this affect the outcome of your PCR reactions?

a) If you made the mistake described in the previous question, which control would give you unexpected results?  (In other words, if you forgot to add nucleotides, which control reaction tube would have results that are different that they would be if you had prepared them correctly?)


3. If you found that there was DNA amplification in your negative control tube, what could be an explanation 
for that result?

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