Here's the PCR machine - it's processing your samples now:

For this experiment, your samples will be incubated as follows:

30 seconds at 92°C Denatures template (cell) DNA x 30

(30 "cycles")
30 seconds at 65°C Allows primers to bind specifically ("anneal") to complementary regions in template DNA
60 seconds at 72°C Allow Taq polymerase to extend the primers, making 2 complementary strands of DNA ("extension")

Your samples are ready

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