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Amplification vs Amplicon - What's the difference?

amplification | amplicon |

As nouns the difference between amplification and amplicon

is that amplification is the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding while amplicon is a piece of DNA or RNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction.

amplification

English

(wikipedia amplification)

Noun

(en noun)
  • the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding
  • (physics) the act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current
  • (electronics) gain
  • (genetics) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA
  • (organic chemistry) A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants)

    • Related terms

    * ample * amplifiable * amplifier * amplificatory * amplify * amplitude

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    amplicon

    English

    (wikipedia amplicon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of DNA or RNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction.

    • Synonyms

    * amplimer

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