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Methods to Increase the Sensitivity of High Resolution Melting Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping in Malaria
Published on: November 10, 2015
[Application of Tm-shift genotyping method in genetic studies].
Fang Yuan1, Jin Xu, Lin-Dan Ji
1Department of Preventive Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China. yuanfang40@163.com
Yi Chuan = Hereditas
|December 5, 2012
Summary
The novel Melting Temperature shift (Tm-shift) genotyping method accurately determines genotypes using PCR products and melting curves. This cost-effective technique successfully genotyped 27 out of 29 SNPs with 100% accuracy.
Area of Science:
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Biotechnology
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