[ES] La reacción en cadena de la polimerasa o PCR permite amplificar de forma exponencial un fragmento de ADN específico. Esta sencilla pero potente técnica aprovecha la capacidad natural de las ADN polimerasas de copiar las dos hebras de un ADN molde mediante la incorporación de nucleótidos a partir de un par de cebadores. Tiene numerosas aplicaciones en biología.

[EN] The polymerase chain reaction or PCR allows amplifying exponentially a specific DNA fragment. This simple but powerful technique is based on the natural capacity of DNA polymerases to copy the two strands of a template DNA through the incorporation of nucleotides starting from a pair of primers. It has numerous applications in biology.

[ES] The polymerase chain reaction or PCR allows amplifying exponentially a specific DNA fragment. This simple but powerful technique is based on the natural capacity of DNA polymerases to copy the two strands of a template DNA through the incorporation of nucleotides starting from a pair of primers. It has numerous applications in biology.

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