Complex sentence: The competitive hybridization assay is similar to a traditional competitive immunoassay and again relies on complementarity, where the capture probe competes between the analyte and the tracer, a labelled oligonucleotide analog of the analyte.
Split into simpler sentences: The competitive hybridization assay is similar to a traditional competitive immunoassay. Again like other hybridization assays it relies on complementarity, where the capture probe competes between the analyte and the tracer--a labelled oligonucleotide analog of the analyte.