CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
CELL DIVISION
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Conservative
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Semi-conservative
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Hemi-conservative
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Anti-conservative
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Detailed explanation-1: -DNA replication is semi-conservative because in the replication process the resulting DNA helix is composed of both a new strand and an old strand. This occurs because of the complementary base pairing, I.e. each nitrogenous base only pairs with its complementary pair.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-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.