The Polymerase Chain Reaction Is Used to

question 22

Multiple Choice

The polymerase chain reaction is used to

• A) create millions of copies of an interesting piece of DNA.
• B) speed the rate of DNA replication in cells.
• C) make more copies of DNA polymerase.
• D) copy protein into RNA.
• E) make RNA in the cell nucleus.

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