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31 August, 11:37

How many cycles of PCR would it take to create 16 copies of a DNA molecule?

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  1. 31 August, 11:52
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    The number of double stranded DNA pieces is doubled in each cycle, so that after n cycles you have 2^n (2 to the n:th power) copies of DNA. For example, after 10 cycles you have 1024 copies, after 20 cycles you have about one million copies, etc.
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