being resuspended in a Chelex solution. Samples of squamous cells were lysed by being boiled, which resulted in free chromosomal DNA. From here, the samples were introduced to a buffered solution of Taq polymerase, oligonucleotide primers, dNTP and magnesium chloride. The samples were added to a DNA thermal cycler, which went through 30 cycles consisting of 30-second incubation at 94oC, 30-second incubation at 65oC, and 30-second incubation at 72oC. Each sample was pipetted into a well in agarose gel…
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