›› 2014, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (10): 62-68.

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Research Progress of Arbitrarily Primed Polymerase Chain Reaction and its Application in Veterinary Medicine

SHEN Xue-huai, ZHANG Dan-jun, PAN Xiao-cheng, ZHAO Rui-hong, HU Xiao-miao, DAI Yin, HOU Hong-yan, ZHOU Xue-li, ZHU Chuan-min   

  1. Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
  • Received:2014-05-22 Online:2014-10-20 Published:2014-10-29

Abstract: Arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR) is a PCR based technique which detects DNA-sequence polymorphisms. The technique involves the use of single arbitrary short primers in a DNA amplification and requires no prior knowledge of the molecular biology of the organisms to be investigated. It is a simple,efficient and practical molecular technique and is widely applied in many fields of molecular biology. The review gave emphasis on principle and procedure about AP-PCR,its advantages,disadvantages and applications in veterinary medicine.

Key words: arbitrarily primed PCR; research progress; veterinary medicine; application

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