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The Unusual Origin of the Polymerase Chain Reaction

A surprisingly simple method for making unlimited copies of DNA fragments was conceived under unlikely circumstances-during a moonlit drive through the mountains of California

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 262 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “The Unusual Origin of the Polymerase Chain Reaction” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 262 No. 4 (), p. 56
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0490-56