Exactly. PCR is THE backbone of modern biology, I would suspect an author writing about it know at least what it is. I assume she meant 'adapted' instead of 'de

Exactly. PCR is THE backbone of modern biology, I would suspect an author writing about it know at least what it is. I assume she meant 'adapted' instead of 'developed' but still, it sounds fishy and makes you unneccessarily question every other sentence of the article.