Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids
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Blog Post
Published
April 9, 2015, 3:29 p.m.
...two types of replicate controls: technical and biological.
In general, technical replicates can be thought...of the independent variable.
Replicate controls: technical and biological
Reliable results are reproducible...independent and are typically derived from one source. Conversely, biological replicates ARE independent ... more in depth information.
Technical replicates
An example of a technical control is the transfection...independent variable.
Biological replicates
In any given set of experiments, the biological controls are more...results. Typically, plasmid-based experiments employ transfection, negative, positive, and replicate controls...thought of as "reproducibility controls". Biological replicates are what makes up your sample size (aka ...