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What is functional genomics?
Functional genomics is the study of how genes and intergenic regions of the genome contribute to different biological processes. A researcher in…
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Radiation Hybrid Mapping
Radiation hybrid mapping is a genetic technique that was originally developed for constructing long-range maps of mammalian chromosomes . It is based…
Genetic Engineering 7 min read
GENOME MAP
A genome map helps scientists navigate around the genome. Like road maps and other familiar maps, a genome map is…
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GENOME VARIATIONS
Genome variations are differences in the sequence of DNA from one person to the next. Just as you can look…
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NOMe-seq (Nucleosome Occupancy and Methylome Sequencing)
NOMe-seq doesn’t involved tiny gnomes that magically tell you all the epigenetic information of a cell. It does give you…
Genetic Engineering 5 min read
GENOME SEQUENCING
Genome sequencing is figuring out the order of DNA nucleotides, or bases, in a genome—the order of As, Cs, Gs,…
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GENOMES
A genome is all of a living thing’s genetic material. It is the entire set of hereditary instructions for building,…
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Molecular Beacons
Molecular beacons are structured probes that are highly sensitive, sequence specific, and are used for sequence detection in qPCR and in…
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SYBR Green qPCR Supermixes
SYBR Green qPCR supermixes are compatible with most protocols for qPCR. They are offered with a proprietary passive reference dye. In…
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What are the differences between PCR, RT-PCR, qPCR, and RT-qPCR?
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a relatively simple and widely used molecular biology technique to amplify and detect DNA and…
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The role of PCR in single cell analysis
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has a wealth of applications in research, but perhaps one of its most challenging roles in single…
Genetic Engineering 8 min read
Colony PCR
Molecular cloning requires some method of screening colonies for the presence of an insert. Traditionally this has been done with restriction enzyme…