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polymerase chain reaction  
n.   Abbr. PCR
A technique for amplifying DNA sequences in vitro by separating the DNA into two strands and incubating it with oligonucleotide primers and DNA polymerase. It can amplify a specific sequence of DNA by as many as one billion times and is important in biotechnology, forensics, medicine, and genetic research.
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Main Entry: polymerase chain reaction
Function: noun
: an in vitro technique for rapidly synthesizing large quantities of a given DNA segment that involves separating theDNA into its two complementary strands, binding a primer to each single strand at the end of the given DNA segment where synthesis will start, using DNA polymerase to synthesize two-stranded DNA fromeach single strand, and repeating the process —abbreviation PCR
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