See Also: DNA amplification(health)
amplification(dictionary)
Amplification, DNA(health)
Amplification(health)
DNA amplification(medicine)
Amplification(medicine)
Gene amplification(medicine)
Gene amplification(health)
genetic amplification(medicine)
Whole-genome amplification (WGA)(health)

Amplification (health)


"Making multiple copies of a gene or of any sequence of DNA. Repeated copying of a piece of DNA. In amplification there is an increase in the number of copies of any particular piece of DNA. Gene amplification plays a role in cancer cells. A tumor cell amplifies, or copies, DNA segments as a result of cell signals and sometimes environmental events. Amplification can occur in vivo (in the living individual) or in vitro (literally ""in glass"", or in a plastic vessel in the laboratory). "