Which of the following is not an application of polymerase chain reaction?
A) production of many copies of an unknown piece of DNA
B) making copies of a foreign gene for use in making recombinant DNA
C) DNA fingerprinting of a crime suspect
D) linking two DNA molecules together
E) amplifying mitochondrial DNA sequences

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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is not used to link two DNA molecules together. It is primarily used for amplification of DNA sequences, as in options A, B, and E, or for DNA fingerprinting of crime suspects, as in option C.

Which of the Following Is Not an Application of Polymerase