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Why is Taq polymerase preferred to PCR? Mention the source of this enzyme ?

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Taq polymerase is used for amplification of DNA/ gene, (usually enzymes get denatured) Taq polymerase is thermostable remains active at high temperature, It is obtained from Thermus aquaticus.

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Thennostable Taq polymerase extends the primers using nucleotides provided in the reaction and genomic DNA as template. Amplified fragments are ligated. 

The source of this enzyme is Thermus aquaticus.

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