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These samples failed to generate amplicons using any of these primer pairs and were subsequently excluded from the analysis on the basis that they were likely to be of poor quality.

From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017

However, failure of individual amplicons to amplify, or unbalanced coverage of regions may reduce this figure.

From Nature • Feb. 2, 2016

Archived Zaire Ebolavirus was amplified using 38 primer pairs, giving approximately 500 base pair amplicons, according to the study protocol.

From Nature • Feb. 2, 2016

We assumed that difficulties generating long amplicons related to low numbers of starting molecules of that length in the original sample.

From Nature • Feb. 2, 2016

Using as few amplicons as possible significantly reduces effort when preparing samples.

From Nature • Feb. 2, 2016