If a laboratory technique is around long enough, it can start to seem like a comfortable piece of furniture. That’s the case for PCR, a technique so venerable that even its descendants, digital PCR ...

Because of its reliability, sensitivity and low cost, PCR has become the backbone of modern diagnostics. In recent years, researchers have ingeniously capitalized on the fundamental nature of PCR ...

Here we describe protocols for designing, optimizing and implementing conserved anchor primers for use in genome mapping or phylogenetic applications, with particular emphasis on homologous gene ...