Which read(s):
- 1. contain either a SNP (a single nucleotide polymorphism) or a position where different members of a multi-gene family have a different base?
- 2. doesn't have any DNA?
- 3. is a PCR product?
C
B
A, B, and C. All of three reads were obtained by sequencing PCR products, generated with the same set of primers.
The quality plots that I refer to are here.
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…you think the PCR song is kind of catchy.
The PCR Song
tags: Scientists for Better PCR, humor,
Scienceblogs has a German cousin, Scienceblogs.de where I found this absolutely hilarious YouTube music video, "Scientists for a better PCR." Yes, it's an advert for a PCR device called a thermocycler but it's incredibly funny -- if you have that kind of sense of humor.
Yesterday, I posted a memorial for Ron Mardigian, an enthusiastic champion of science education at Bio-Rad.