has part polymerase chain reaction multiplex ligation-mediated amplification LMA A polymerase chain reaction that amplifies multiple targets with a single primer pair mediated by hybridization of a primer with its target sequence using ligation. MLPA Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification Chris Stoeckert, Jie Zheng multiplex ligation-mediated amplification web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplex_Ligation-dependent_Probe_Amplification Pubmed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1867615/ enzymatic ligation metadata complete