The Meselson and Stahl experiment confirmed that DNA replicates in _ manner.
Correct answer: B. Semi - conservative
- A. Conservative
- B. Semi - conservative
- C. Dispersive
- D. New synthesis
Explanation
Each strand of original DNA serves as a template to form a new strand with one original and one replicated strand
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