Which comes first, PCR or Gel electrophoresis?
PCR comes first. If PCR works right, then a specific product will be amplified. But you cannot see it in the little plastic Eppendorf PCR tube. That is what the electrophoresis is for. After you run PCR, you run the products on an agarose gel to visualize it (with the help of some flourescent dye). The agarose gel is just to see if the PCR worked.