Describe Three Practical Applications of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

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Essay

Describe three practical applications of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and possible pitfalls.

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Definitions:

Rate Equation

An equation that relates the rate of a chemical reaction to the concentration of its reactants, often including a rate constant.

Bond Dissociation Energy

The energy required to break a specific chemical bond in one mole of gaseous molecules.

Homolytically

Referring to homolytic cleavage, a process where a chemical bond is evenly split and each of the bonded atoms retains one of the shared electrons.

ΔS°

Represents the standard entropy change of a reaction, indicating the variation of randomness or disorder in a system at standard conditions.