Hello everyone, I have some inquiries about my ARMS-PCR reaction. I have a mutation A19G (bolded nucleotide). GAACGCACGGACATCACCGTGAAGCACAAGCTGGGCGGGGGCCAGTACGGGGAGGTGTACGAGGGCGTGTGGAAGAAATACAGCCTGACGGTGGCCGTGAAGACCTTGAAGGTAGGCTGGGACTGCCGGGGGTGCCCAGGGTACGTGGGGCAAGGCGTCTGCTGGCATTAGGCGATGCATCTGCCTGGAAGTCTACCTCCTGCCTGCTGTCCGAGGGCTTCATTGGC
Wt-F: GAACGCACGGACCTCACCA
M-F: GAACGCACGGACCTCACCG
R: GCCAATGAAGCCCTCGGAC
I checked on SnapGene Viewer and got the following results: With Wt-F -R primer: no binding With M-F-R primer: binding However, in reality, the electrophoresis results show both primer pairs are paired (as in the image below). I would like an explanation for this result and advice on designing primers for my reaction. Thank you.