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If you start with one copy of dna and run pcr for 10 cycles, how many copies will you have at the end?.

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You will have a 1024 copies of dna
User Krishnakeshan
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Answer:

1024

Step-by-step explanation:

you start off with two because DNA is semi-convervative and produces 2 strands the lagging and the leading.

2

2x2 = 4

4x2 = 8

8x2= 16

16x2 = 32

32x2 = 64

64x2 = 128

128x2 = 256

256x2 = 512

512x2 = 1024

(or just do 2 to the 10th power lol)

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