1. DNA Probes
(Category/DNA Testing)

... to amplify the target DNA. The technology for DNA amplification was developed in a procedure called the polymerase chain reaction, as we will see next.  ...

2. Polymerase Chain Reaction - PCR
(Category/DNA Testing)

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) permits the scientist to locate the molecular equivalent of a needle in a haystack. The PCR was developed at the Cetus Corporation in 1984 by Kary Mullis (Nobel laureate ...

3. DNA Analysis and Diagnosis
(Category/DNA Testing)

... environment. Many of these techniques have been made possible by a technology called the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Before 1985, hardly anyone had heard of PCR; by today's standards, a laboratory ...

4. Forensic DNA Typing
(Category/DNA Testing)

... by a second method for finding, cutting out, and identifying portions of a DNA molecule. That method, invented by American molecule biologist Kary Mullis (1944– ) in 1986 is called polymerase chain reaction ...

5. Fossil Avian Eggshell Preserves Ancient DNA
(Category/DNA News)

... dealing with low copy number DNA, is to maximize DNA recovery while at the same time minimizing the co-purification of inhibitors, which can impact on the efficacy of polymerases during PCR. Differences ...