Method for duplicating nucleic acids by means of a polymerase chain reaction

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the duplication of nucleic acids by means of a polymerase chain reaction, in the case of which a cycle consisting of the steps of denaturing, annealing and elongation is repeatedly performed. In one embodiment, the yield (g) of specimens of a nucleic acid to be duplicated, at the end of at least one passage of the cycle, is less than 80 percent of the specimens of the nucleic acid present at the beginning of said passage and, in the case of at least one passage of the cycle, the reaction time (tA) is less than one second. In addition, in a further embodiment, the number (k) of passages of the cycle of the polymerase chain reaction is greater than 45 and/or in at least one of the passage the cycle time tc is less than 20 seconds.

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