While I was reading about the OpenPCR machine (linked from an article about Open Source failures), I came across a quite nice primer for PCR:
You get to use a magic pipette that dispenses the correct volume each time (looks like an old manual Gilson), use magic automatically-mixing solutions, and watch the target DNA sequence amplify to become the dominant sequence in the mix.
You get to use a magic pipette that dispenses the correct volume each time (looks like an old manual Gilson), use magic automatically-mixing solutions, and watch the target DNA sequence amplify to become the dominant sequence in the mix.