What Occurs During the Annealing Stage of a PCR Reaction

question 17

Multiple Choice

What occurs during the annealing stage of a PCR reaction?

• A) The DNA strands separate
• B) The DNA polymerase copies the template DNA
• C) The primers bind to complementary sequences of the template DNA
• D) The reaction stops

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