What is the difference between DNA cloning and PCR?

PCR and Cloning. Cloning is simply making one living organism from another, creating two organisms with the same exact genes. PCR enables scientists to produce billions of copies of a piece of DNA within hours. read more

Difference between Gene Cloning and PCR Making more copies of DNA from a single desired DNA is called DNA amplification or DNA proliferation. The prepared DNA has to be amplified to get enough number of copes of DNA for gene manipulation. read more

By David Barber; Updated April 25, 2017 Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and its scientific relative, cloning of expressed genes, are two biotechnological breakthroughs of the 1970s and 1980s that continue to play significant roles in the effort to understand disease. read more

DNA cloning involves isolating a specific fragment of DNA and usually inserting that fragment into a plasmid so that a bacteria can replicate the DNA. PCR is using two specific primers in order to replicate and isolate a specific DNA sequence. read more

Gene cloning is primarily an in vivo process which results in multiple copies of an interested gene inside the host organism via construction of recombinant DNA. This is the difference between Gene cloning and PCR. Reference: 1. Griffiths, Anthony JF. “Cloning a Specific Gene.” Modern Genetic Analysis. read more