The principle behind a nucleic acid probe design is that the probe itself must contain

A) a key complementary part of the target gene sequence of interest.
B) all of the nucleotide sequence of the gene of interest to conclusively identify the gene.
C) an antibody to specifically bind to the gene of interest.
D) at least three separate complementary regions of the gene of interest.


Answer: A

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