PCR Cycler

PCR cyclers or thermo cyclers are devices designed for cyclic temperature cycling of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR is an in vitro technique used to specifically amplify deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) segments. Nowadays, the fields of application are manifold: detection of pathogens such as retroviruses, viruses or bacteria, mapping of genomes, typing of HLA antigens, fingerprint analyses, cloning, gene synthesis, characterization or insertion of mutations, sequencing, genotyping are some of the many applications.