Real-time polymerase chain reaction
= Real-time polymerase chain reaction
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Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), also known as quantitative PCR (qPCR), is a laboratory technique used to amplify and simultaneously quantify a specific DNA target in a sample. It combines the amplification steps of traditional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with the ability to measure the amount of DNA produced in real-time during the amplification process.