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amplicon

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[am-pluh-kahn] / ˈæm pləˌkɑn /

noun

amplicons plural
  1. Genetics. a piece of DNA or RNA that is the template for or the product of an amplification process, in which the DNA or RNA has been duplicated.


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Then, the researchers used 16s rRNA sequencing and amplicon sequencing, ultimately identifying 333 BPA-resistant bacterial species.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024

To avoid known issues that arise when multiple amplicon strategies are combined49, we also standardized PCR primers, amplification strategy, and sequencing50.

From Nature • Oct. 31, 2017

Full-length 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing was used to determine the taxonomic proportions of bacteria from the six donor faecal samples.

From Nature • May 3, 2016

No amplicon covers the extreme 3′ region of the genome.

From Nature • Feb. 2, 2016

False negatives may result in masked sequences, owing to being outside of regions covered by the amplicon scheme, having low coverage or falling within a primer binding site.

From Nature • Feb. 2, 2016

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