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If the PCR that was run was an RT-PCR then the band with 300 extra bp could be caused by the presence of contaminating gDNA in the reaction. Many primers for RT-PCR are designed to sit in different exons. If the intron in between was about 300bp in length and gDNA was added to the reaction as well as cDNA then two bands would result, the shorter/lighter one from the cDNA and the longer/heavier band from the gDNA.

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Q: Why do two possible PCR products differ by 300 base pairs?
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