The Primers in PCR are ______

Question

The primers in PCR are ______.
A) synthetic DNA oligonucleotides
B) reverse transcriptases
C) bacterial enzymes
D) short RNA strands
E) DNA polymerases

Accepted Answer

Primers in PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) are synthetic DNA oligonucleotides, which are short, single-stranded DNA molecules designed to bind to the specific sequences flanking the DNA region of interest to initiate the DNA synthesis.