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types of pcr: AFLP -PCR.

Allele-specific PCR.

Alu-PCR.

Assembly -PCR.

Assemetric -PCR.

Colony -PCR.

Helicase dependent amplification.

Hot start pCR.

Inverse -PCR.

Insitu -pCR.

ISSR-PCR.

RT-PCR(REVERSE TARNSCRIPTASE).

REAL TIME -PCR

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A small amount of DNA obtained from a mummy or frozen remains of a human may be cloned in order to clone small amounts of DNA what needs to be used to generate larger qualities of DNA?

To ramp up the DNA into a large enough amount to work with you would use polymerase chain reaction technique. PCR. By using the enzymes found in certain extremeophiles one alternately heats and cools the DNA solution with this extremeophile polymerase included and it ramps up the amount of DNA so you have a useful bit of DNA for insertion into a cloning vector.


What is the working principal behind RT PCR?

Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), is a variant of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) commonly used in molecular biology to detect RNA expression. RT-PCR is used to qualitatively detect gene expression through creation of complementary DNA (cDNA) transcripts from RNA.Even though both techniques, RT-PCR and PCR, produce multiple copies of a particular DNA through amplification, the applications of the two techniques are fundamentally different. The most common PCR technique is used to exponentially amplify target DNA sequences. Meanwhile, RT-PCR is used to clone expressed genes by reverse transcribing the RNA of interest into its DNA complement through the use of reverse transcriptase enzymes. Subsequently, the newly synthesized cDNA by RT-PCR is amplified using traditional PCR technique.Usually, RT-PCR is often confused with real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) by students and researchers alike, but they are quite separate and distinct techniques.


What are the forward and reverse primers?

Forward and reverse primers are short sequences of nucleotides used in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify specific DNA segments. The forward primer binds to the start of the target DNA sequence, while the reverse primer binds to the complementary strand at the end of the target region, allowing for synthesis of the new DNA strand. Together, they enable the selective amplification of the desired DNA fragment during the PCR process.


How could you use genetic engineering techniques to make transformed bacteria that produce the enzyme?

Extract DNA from the cells of people who can make the digestion enzyme. Cut the DNA with restriction enzymes to cut out the gene that codes for the enzyme. Use gel electrophoresis to locate the gene. Then, use polymerase chain reaction to make copies of the gene. Choose a plasmid that has an antibiotic-resistance genetic marker, and cut the plasmid with the smae restriction enzyme use to cut out the hyman gene. Insert the copies of the human gene into the plasmids. Allow bacterial cells to take in the plasmids. Select for transformed bacteria by growing them in a culture containing the antibiotic. These bacteria will make the digestion enzyme.


How can you test a food to find out if it contains material derived from a genetically modified organism?

This can be done many ways. One is using an antibody-based test such as the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), which can detect the proteins that are produced by GM crops. However, the ELISA is not useful for testing foods that is highly processed, because the proteins most likely destroyed & different GM foods produce different proteins. Another way is to use polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to look at the DNA sequence common in GM foods. DNA is more resistant than proteins in processing & can be extracted from heavy processed foods. It is the GMO DNA sequences that's being looked for & tested.