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the enzyme used to carry out the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) on dna…

Question

the enzyme used to carry out the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) on dna is
multiple choice
reverse transcriptase
dna polymerase
transcriptase
rna polymerase

Explanation:

Brief Explanations

PCR is a technique to amplify DNA. DNA polymerase is the enzyme that synthesizes new DNA strands by adding nucleotides complementary to the existing DNA template during PCR. Reverse - transcriptase is used to make DNA from RNA. Transcriptase is a general term and RNA polymerase is used for synthesizing RNA from a DNA template.

Answer:

B. DNA polymerase