PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays
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Blog Post
Published
April 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
...normal' sample with known copy number set as the expression baseline. Copy number is then determined by comparing...calculations so that your assay output number (RQ value) matches the copy number of your sample. In that case, ...comparing the number of positive droplets for the gene of interest and reference gene, copy number can be determined...run, as the method is dependent on number of samples rather than number of cycles.
Choosing a method
As...exact copy number and it may not be able to identify trends in cases where the copy number variation is... to quantify said copies. They do so using copy number variation (CNV) assays. There are several varieties...Quantitative/real-time PCR (qPCR) has been used for copy number assays for years. qPCR works like regular PCR, ...