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SSRs are highly polymorphic.

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SSR alleles differ in length.

Left and right primers correspond to unique sequences that flank the SSR locus.

PCR-amplification of two alleles of an SSR locus.

Gel electrophoresis distinguishes the alleles from each other. 

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Allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (AS-PCR) is a technique based on allele-specific primers, which can be used to analyze single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) effectively including the transition, transversion and insertion/deletion polymorphism and has been exploited in the study of diseases research, molecular diagnosis, and forensic biological evidence. 

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RACE can provide the sequence of an RNA transcript from a small known sequence within the transcript to the 5' end (5' RACE-PCR) or 3' end (3' RACE-PCR) of the RNA. 

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RACE is sometimes called one-sided PCR or anchored PCR. 

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RACE can be used to amplify unknown 5' (5'-RACE) or 3' (3'-RACE) parts of RNA molecules where part of the RNA sequence is known and targeted by a GSP gene-specific primer.