A 1:1,000 dilution made as three 1:10 steps uses volumes a pipette measures accurately where a single 1 µL step would not. Each tube is mixed fully before the next is taken from it, and the errors of the steps compound: six steps at 2% each can be 5–12% off at the end.
The concentrations fall in a regular series, which suits a concentration–response experiment in vitro.
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