polymerase chain reaction

English

Noun

polymerase chain reaction (plural polymerase chain reactions)

  1. (genetics, molecular biology, organic chemistry) A technique in molecular biology for creating multiple copies of DNA from a sample; used in genetic fingerprinting etc.

Synonyms

  • PCR (initialism)

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