Heteroduplex analysis (HA) is a method of detecting sequence differences between a reference DNA and a test DNA (both usually produced by polymerase chain reaction amplification). It is commonly used to detect mutations in a gene, and is much simpler...

A heteroduplex is a double-stranded (duplex) molecule of nucleic acid originated through the genetic recombination of single complementary strands derived from different sources, such as from different homologous chromosomes or even from different...