Re:Ten-Minute Coronavirus Test for $1
by ghkbrew on Monday March 16, 2020 @11:38PM
(#22601389)
> RT-qPCR is directly a O(2^N) signal.
The signal is actually more like N*2^C where C is the number of cycles (usually around 30). So a huge amplification, but still linear in the starting amount, i.e. O(N). That's actually more useful, generally, since ratios of amplified material stay approximately constant during amplification.
The signal is actually more like N*2^C where C is the number of cycles (usually around 30). So a huge amplification, but still linear in the starting amount, i.e. O(N). That's actually more useful, generally, since ratios of amplified material stay approximately constant during amplification.