Template:PCR From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia vtePolymerase chain reaction techniquesProcedure Initialization Cycle Denaturation Annealing Elongation Final elongation Final hold Polymerase Klenow T4 and T7 Taq Tth Pfu Vent Pwo Tli Tfu Optimizationand variants Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) Inverse polymerase chain reaction (inverse PCR) Nested polymerase chain reaction (nested PCR) Touchdown polymerase chain reaction Hot start PCR Overlap extension polymerase chain reaction (OE-PCR) Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (multiplex PCR) Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) Co-amplification at lower denaturation temperature PCR (COLD-PCR) Random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Historyand people Kary Mullis Kjell Kleppe Alice Chien