If You Start with Three Double-Stranded DNA Fragments,after Four Cycles

question 27

Multiple Choice

If you start with three double-stranded DNA fragments,after four cycles of PCR you will have ________ fragments.

• A)12
• B)24
• C)27
• D)48
• E)81

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