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This glossary contains a number of definitions  from the following publication:
J. M. Cock; Tessmar-Raible, K.; Boyen, C.; Viard, F. (Eds.), Introduction to Marine Genomics, vol. 1, 1st ed., Advances in Marine Genomics Vol. (Springer, 2010). Available from: http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/book/978-90-481-8616-7?cm_mmc=Google-_-Book%20Search-_-Springer-_-0

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PCR

Polymerase chain reaction. A technique for replicating a specific piece of DNA in-vitro. Oligonucleotide primers are added (which initiate the copying of each strand) along with nucleotides and Taq polymerase By cycling the temperature, the target DNA is repeatedly denatured and copied allowing it to be amplified in an exponential manner.

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