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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

The correct order of steps in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is
A
Denaturation, Extension, Annealing
B
Extension, Denaturation, Annealing
C
Denaturation, Annealing, Extension
D
Annealing, Extension, Denaturation

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5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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5 Years ago
Polymerase chain reaction or PCR consists of the following three steps:

Denaturation- The two DNA strands of template DNA separate from each other when heated to 92℃.

Annealing- The primers anneal to the 3’ end of single strands of DNA.

Extension- The primers are extended by DNA polymerase by the addition of nucleotides to form complete strands of DNA.Hence the sequence of steps is denaturation, annealing, extension.
So, the correct answer is optionC.