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First, loading dye is meant to help weigh down the DNA solution, so that it can sink into the bottom of the wells and not float in the buffer solution.

Second, two different types of loading dye are used in electrophoresis. One of them moves more quickly than most of your DNA fragments, and the other moves more slowly, helping you determine the relative position of your DNA, as it should be in between the two bars or dye. This also tells you when to stop electrophoresis so that your DNA does not fall out of your agarose gel.

Note that loading dye does not bind to the DNA itself and does not allow you to see the bars of DNA usually seen in a complete DNA fingerprint.

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The dye can allow us to view the DNA after separation from electrophoresis. Without the dye, it is hard for us to see how far fragments of DNA traveled from their original location.

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simply colours the solution containing DNA/RNA/Protein which is loaded into a gel. The dye always moves further than the sample so can give a good indication of when to stop running the gel.

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