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DNA replication is said to be 'semi-conservative' because the two new daughter DNA molecules are "Half old" and "Half new". Half the original DNA molecule is saved, or conserved in the daughter molecules.
Waldo Ledner
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∙ 12y agoDNA replication is called semi-conservative because the template strand is conserved in the new DNA double strand. When it is copied, one strand is old and one is new. This occurs each time DNA is replicated.
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The best objective to describe DNA replication is?
When a cell copies its DNA into the daughter cells with swag.
Where in the cell does semiconservative DNA replication occur?
it occurs in the nucleus
What is the survival value of semiconservative replication of DNA?
21 days
What period in which semiconservative DNA replication occurs?
S Phase
Which two models have similar results after replication cycle 1?
semiconservative and dispersive
Semiconservative replication involes a template what is the template?
one strand of the DNA molecule
Which are characteristics of DNA replication?
DNA replication is : semiconservative, bidirectional, begins at unique sites (origins)
What is the term which describes the fact that half of the old DNA molecule is kept in new molecule?
Semiconservative replication
What is conservative replication in science?
Conservative replication and semiconservative replication are the ways DNA reproduces itself. The difference being whether the newly formed strands pair with each other or with an old one.
What is least Related to the others on this list okazaki fragments replication fork telomerase DNA polymerase semiconservative model?
Telomerase
What does it mean that DNA is a semiconservative process?
It means that the original strands are conserved.
Who performed the classic experiments that proved DNA was copied by semiconservative replication?
Watson and Crick mentioned it slightly in their paper but didn't propose a full method of replication. a number of different people collaborated to work out the full model of replication which is still no totaly finished, (few proteins left to find)
