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Kōrero: Life sciences

The polymerase chain reaction

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Clare Eagleton, a scientist at the biotech company Genesis Research and Development, explains in this 2007 film clip how a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) works. PCR is a process by which small sections of DNA can be reproduced in large numbers, making it much easier to analyse them.

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Peter Clayworth, Life sciences – The genomics revolution, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/44107/the-polymerase-chain-reaction (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Clayworth, i tāngia i te 27 January 2014.