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Line 1: {{redirect\|RAPD\|the eye condition \|Marcus Gunn pupil}} <noinclude>{{User:RMCD bot/subject notice\|1=Random amplification of polymorphic DNA\|2=Talk:RAPD#Requested move 9 November 2020 }} </noinclude>{{Refimprove\|date=June 2016}} '''Random amplification of polymorphic DNA''' ('''RAPD'''), sometimes pronounced "rapid",<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rvc.ac.uk/review/dna_1/5_RAPD.cfm\|title=rDNA: Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA (RAPD)\|website=www.rvc.ac.uk\|access-date=2016-06-03}}</ref> is a type of [[polymerase chain reaction]] (PCR), but the segments of DNA that are amplified are random. The scientist performing RAPD creates several arbitrary, short primers (8–12 nucleotides), then proceeds with the PCR using a large template of genomic DNA, hoping that fragments will amplify. By resolving the resulting patterns, a semi-unique profile can be gleaned from an RAPD reaction.

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