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Biotechnology : Principles and Processes
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Define “melting of target DNA”.

Answer

The target DNA containing sequence to be amplified is heat denatured (around 94°C for 15 seconds) to separate its complementary strands. the high temperature causes the hydrogen bond to break and thus the strands are separated and this is called melting of target DNA.

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