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Once enough copies of the sequence have been produced by PCR, electrophoresis is used to separate the fragments according to size.Clapham, M.; Nevin, O.T.; Ramsey, A.D.; Rosell, F. A hypothetico-deductive approach to assessing the social function of chemicalsignaling in a non-territorial solitary carnivore. PLoS ONE 2012, 7, 35404. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] [ PubMed]

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