How much it is correlated with southern blot on the basis of accuracy.
qPCR is much more sensitive than a Southern blot since you can measure 2X difference. A good background online:
http://www.bio-rad.com/en-us/applications-technologies/real-time-pcr-data-analysis
Thanks Dr. Shokrian and Dr. Clark for your valuable inputs.
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