Many methods in molecular biology are simply different combinations of a handful of techniques. These combinations can be represented as a “family tree” whose “trunk”/”backbone” is PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and whose “roots”/”foundation” is built upon: (1) chemical synthesis of short oligonucleotides, (2) fully sequenced genomes and (3) vectors derived from bacteria and viruses.
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