In reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), an analytical method used to amplify RNA from trace amounts of a template, a temperature program is used to correspond to the denaturation and annealing of the nucleic acids being amplified. It starts with a gradual and constant increase from room temperature to the starting temperature for each cycle. What kind of function describes this gradual increase?

In reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), an analytical method used to amplify RNA from trace amounts of a template, a temperature program is used to correspond to the denaturation and annealing of the nucleic acids being amplified. It starts with a gradual and constant increase from room temperature to the starting temperature for each cycle. What kind of function describes this gradual increase?

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

5th Edition

ISBN:9781305117396

Author:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Publisher:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Chapter10: Biotechnology

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