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why the Taq polymerase enzyme is used in PCR techinique?

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Taq polymerase is a thermostable DNA polymerase enzyme isolated from Thermus aquaticus bacteria. It can withstand high temperatures as it is resistant to denaturing. Hence it is used in PCR techniques for amplifying short DNA segments and at the same time be stable to high temepratures used in the technique.

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