Estimation of the PCR efficiency based on a size-dependent modelling of the amplification process

Comptes Rendus Mathematique

Volumn 341, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 631-634

  Lalam, Nadia ^a   Jacob, Christine ^b   Jagers, Peter ^c  

^a EURANDOM   (Netherlands)

^b UR341 National Agronomical Research Institute (INRA)   (France)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 27944454814     PISSN: 1631073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crma.2005.09.029     Document Type: Article

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