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Why is heat used in polymerase chain reaction?
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Why is heat used in polymerase chain reaction?

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Heat is used in the polymerase chain reaction because heat-stability makes Taq polymerase ideal for PCR. High temperature is used repeatedly in PCR to denature the template DNA, or separate its strands.
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