Abpi: Polymerase Chain Reaction

This nine-page biotechnology resource contains six pages of questions regarding DNA technology. Questions cover cloning, restriction enzymes, the polymerase chain reaction, different techniques, the human genome project, and more. The...

Watch this tutorial, which serves as an introduction to PCR (polymerase chain reaction). [9:54]

Learn how a standard lab technique, polymerase chain reaction, amplifies a single or several copies of a piece of DNA. [0:55]

Just when things get heated up, they cool down again! Using an animation, a video presentation demonstrates the process of polymerase chain reaction. A narrator describes the temperature changes and the process that ensues as billions of...

Introduction to PCR (polymerase chain reaction). [9:53]

This video walks you through the steps of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). [9:53]

See how a polymerase chain reaction can produce millions of copies of a specific DNA sequence in a short period of time.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Informational text about the polymerase chain. After reading the text, review the key vocabulary terms, and answer some review questions.

You can use these slides to explain the many complicated steps of the Polymerase chain reaction. The diagnostic and forensic uses of gel electrophoresis are detailed. This PowerPoint could be used to communicate facts, and also to prompt...

A technique used to amplify, or make many copies of, a specific target region of DNA.