We show that the quantitative PCR reaction volume can be reduced significantly compared to the standard procedures, without compromising data quality. By analyzing dilution series (10-10) we found that measurement in 1 μl reaction volume indeed gave valid results comparable to 10 μL, when using a routine pipetting robot. This may enable a significant cost reduction through cutback of both biological material as well as chemical reagents.
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