After 30 cycles of PCR cloning of a segment of DNA,how many copies of that segment will there be?
A) 1000
B) 10,000
C) 100,000
D) 1,000,000
E) 1,000,000,000

Name: After 30 cycles of PCR cloning of a segment of DNA,how many copies of that segment will there be? A) 1000 B) 10,000 C) 100,000 D) 1,000,000 E) 1,000,000,000
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PCR doubles the amount of DNA with each cycle, so after 30 cycles, the number of copies is 2^30, which is approximately 1,073,741,824, closest to 1,000,000,000.

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