How many copies of a segment of DNA can be produced in PCR?

How many copies of a segment of DNA can be produced in PCR?
  1. 1 million
  2. 10 million
  3. 100 million
  4. 1 billion

Solution

In PCR, the segment of DNA can be amplified to approximately 1 billion times, i.e., 1 billion copies are made, if the process of replication of DNA is repeated many times.

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