Minute amounts of a pathogen in a patient sample can be rapidly detected by specifically amplifying and identifying its nucleic acid using PCR. This is an example of

A.) an immunologic method.

B.) a microscopic method.

C.) a phenotypic method.

D.) a genetic method.


D.) a genetic method.

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