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Why are primers used in a PCR?

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Why are primers used in a PCR?

also, what happens if you forget to add primers in a PCR?

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12 years ago

to start the reaction

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12 years ago

The polymerase chain reaction requires polymerase and a pair of oligonucleotides or primers in order to amplify a template successfully.

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