Multiplex Manager 1.0: A cross-platform computer program that plans and optimizes multiplex PCR

BioTechniques

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 511-517

  Holleley, Clare E ^a   Geerts, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multiplex PCR; Multiplexing; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; INFORMATION; MARKER GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70349258441     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113156     Document Type: Article

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