Starting with a single double-stranded DNA molecule, _______ double-stranded DNA molecules will be created after five rounds of PCR (assuming that the PCR works perfectly).
A) 5
B) 10
C) 16
D) 32
E) 1,024

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PCR amplifies the DNA exponentially, with each cycle doubling the amount of DNA. Therefore, after five cycles, the amount of DNA will have doubled five times, which is equivalent to 2^5, or 32.

Starting with a Single Double-Stranded DNA Molecule, _______ Double-Stranded DNA