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What is polymerase chain reaction? Name the bacterium from which the polymerase enzyme used in this technique is obtained. Write the schematic representation of this technique.

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Polymerase chain reaction- In this reaction, multiple copies of the gene (or DNA) of interest is synthesised in vitro using two sets of primers (small chemically synthesised oligo nucleotides that are complementary-to the regions of DNA) and the enzyme DNA polymerase.
Polymerase enzyme is obtained from a bacterium Thermus aquaticus.
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