Amplification Manuals and Literature

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Manuals

See your Technical Leader for clarification regarding specific manuals to equipment in your laboratory.

  1. 9700 Users Guide
  2. 9700 Users Manual Base Module
  3. 9700 Specification Sheet
  4. 9700 Users Manual
  5. Thermal Cycler Temperature Verification System For GeneAmp® PCR Systems with a 0.2-mL Sample Block User Guide
  6. Integrated Use of the Quantifiler™ YHuman Male DNA Quantification Kit and the AmpFℓSTR® Yfiler™ PCR Amplification Kit in Sexual Assault Cases
  7. Applied Biosystems AmpFℓSTR® Identifiler® Plus PCR Amplification Kit User Guide Publication Number 4440211 Rev. F
  8. Applied Biosystems AmpFℓSTR® Identifiler® Plus PCR Amplification Kit Product Bulletin Publication Number 112PB30-02 CO11504 0411
  9. Applied Biosystems AmpFℓSTR® Identifiler® Plus PCR Amplification Kit User Guide Publication Number 4374618 Rev. F
  10. Applied Biosystems AmpFℓSTR® Yfiler® PCR Amplification Kit User Guide Publication Number 4358101 Rev. H
  11. Applied Biosystems AmpFℓSTR® Yfiler® PCR Amplification Kit User's Manual Publication Number 4358101 Rev. C
Literature
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