THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
DNA REPLICATION
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Question
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Replication is referred to as ____
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conservative
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semi-conservative
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quasi-conservative
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mostly liberal
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Semiconservative replication is so named because one of the strands of DNA in each of the two copies of DNA is ancient and conserved while the other is newly produced at the moment of replication.
Detailed explanation-2: -DNA replication is a semi-conservative process, because when a new double-stranded DNA molecule is formed: One strand will be from the original template molecule.
Detailed explanation-3: -The experiment done by Meselson and Stahl demonstrated that DNA replicated semi-conservatively, meaning that each strand in a DNA molecule serves as a template for synthesis of a new, complementary strand.
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