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Polymerase chain reaction, an Uncommon card
The polymerase chain reaction is a laboratory method widely used to amplify copies of specific DNA sequences rapidly, to enable detailed study.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Ranked #866 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- PCR was invented in 1983 by American biochemist Kary Mullis at Cetus Corporation.
- Mullis and biochemist Michael Smith, who had developed other essential ways of manipulating DNA, were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993.
- PCR is fundamental to many of the procedures used in genetic testing, research, including analysis of ancient samples of DNA, and identification of infectious agents.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Polymerase chain reaction article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Polymerase chain reaction (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : explorebiology, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
