THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
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Conservative
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Semiconservative
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Dispersive
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Detailed explanation-1: -This results in two DNA molecules with one original strand and one new strand.
Detailed explanation-2: -Each new double strand consists of one parental strand and one new daughter strand. This is known as semiconservative replication.
Detailed explanation-3: -The leading strand is the strand of new DNA which is synthesized in the same direction as the growing replication fork.
Detailed explanation-4: -DNA replication: A complex process whereby the ‘parent’ strands of DNA in the double helix are separated, and each one is copied to produce a new (daughter) strand. This process is said to be ‘semiconservative’ because one strand from each parent is conserved and remains intact after replication has taken place.
Detailed explanation-5: -This process is known as semi-conservative replication because two copies of the original DNA molecule are produced, each copy conserving (replicating) the information from one half of the original DNA molecule. Each copy contains one original strand and one newly-synthesized strand.