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Chapter 26, Problem 3A
The polymerase chain reaction
- Use RNA polymerase
- takes place in huge bioreactors.
- uses a temperature- insensitive enzyme
- Makes lots of nonidentical copies of DNA
- All of these are correct
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Ch. 26.1 - Describe the steps in forming Recombinant DNA.Ch. 26.1 - Discuss how the polymerase chain reaction works.Ch. 26.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 26.1 - Prob. 1QTCCh. 26.1 - Prob. 2QTCCh. 26.1 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 26.1 - Explain how the PCR reaction amplifies a segment...Ch. 26.1 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 26.1 - Prob. 1AQTCCh. 26.1 - Prob. 2AQTC
Ch. 26.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 26.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 26.2 - Prob. 1QTCCh. 26.2 - Prob. 2QTCCh. 26.2 - Prob. 3QTCCh. 26.2 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 26.2 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 26.3 - Compare and contrast in vivo and ex vivo gene...Ch. 26.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 26.3 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 26.3 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 26.3 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 26.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 26.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 26.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 26.4 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 26.4 - Explain how comparative genomics can provide...Ch. 26.4 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 26 - Prob. S25.1BYBCh. 26 - Prob. S25.2BYBCh. 26 - Prob. S25.3BYBCh. 26 - Prob. 1ACh. 26 - Prob. 2ACh. 26 - The polymerase chain reaction Use RNA polymerase...Ch. 26 - Prob. 4ACh. 26 - Prob. 5ACh. 26 - In this process, cells are removed from the body...Ch. 26 - When a cloned gene is used to modify a human...Ch. 26 - Prob. 8ACh. 26 - Prob. 9ACh. 26 - Prob. 10ACh. 26 - Prob. 1TCCh. 26 - In a genomic comparison between humans and yeast,...
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