Analysis of PCR results
Once PCR cycle is completed, the amplified product is loaded in the agarose gel and observed after ethidium bromide staining under UV light source A water blank reaction is included to monitor the cross contaminating DNA source as template The percentage of agarose gel depends on the size of DNA to be visualized Generally 0.8-1% agarose gel is used for analyzing 0.5-5 kb amplified DNA while a DNA of larger size or genomic DNA is visualized in gel as low as 0.5%
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