Agarose gel electrophoresis

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Food Biotechnology

A matrix composed of a highly purified form of agar that is used to separate larger DNA and RNA molecules ranging 20,000 nucleotides. (See Electrophoresis.)

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

A method to separate DNA and RNA molecules on the basis of their size, in which samples are subjected to an electric field applied to a gel made with agarose.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture