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Which single statement regarding the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is FALSE?Group of answer choicesPCR amplifies a specific DNA fragmentBoth primers are complimentary to the same short sequenceA heat-stable DNA polymerase is required to synthesize new DNAHeat (95ºC) is required to separate the DNA strands

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Which single statement regarding the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is FALSE?Group of answer choicesPCR amplifies a specific DNA fragmentBoth primers are complimentary to the same short sequenceA heat-stable DNA polymerase is required to synthesize new DNAHeat (95ºC) is required to separate the DNA strands

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The false statement is: "Both primers are complimentary to the same short sequence". In PCR, the two primers are complementary to different sequences on the two strands of the DNA molecule, not the same sequence. One primer is complementary to the sequence on the forward strand, and the other primer is complementary to the sequence on the reverse strand.

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Which of the following statements about RNA polymerase is incorrect?Group of answer choicesIt unwinds a short stretch of DNA.It synthesizes RNA from an RNA molecule from start to endIt detects termination signalsIt interacts with transcription factorsNone of the above

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