Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Channel: Brian Teague
Date: 2022-02-02

What is PCR? What is a PCR "primer"? What happens during the 3 steps of a PCR cycle -- melting, annealing, and extension? Why is PCR called a "chain reaction"? How can PCR "select" a small segment of DNA out of a large mixture?

This video lecture was recorded at the University of Wisconsin -- Stout in the fall of 2021. It accompanies my BIO 332 Genetics course, which was taught with Hartl's "Genetics: Analysis of Genes and Genomes."