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1. Polymerase Chain Reaction, the self-assembly technique by which DNA is sequenced. It was a huge breakthrough when it was first developed. The idea is that you chop the DNA up into lots of little bits which are then replicated in a bath of DNA components (the GTAC “letters” of DNA) lots and lots and lots of times. Then you use a powerful computer to match up the ends of the bits to make a complete gene or chromosome.

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2. Thanks. That helps a lot.

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3. This is frickin’ hysterical! Is that who I think it is doing the Dylan riff?

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