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The Meselson-Stahl experiment proved that DNA undergoes semiconservative replication in E.coli. a. Explain conservative, semiconservative and dispersive replication....

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The Meselson-Stahl experiment proved that DNA undergoessemiconservative replication in E.coli.

a. Explain conservative, semiconservative and dispersivereplication. Also, if A new strain of Alien bacteria has just beendiscovered. Their genetic material is very similar to DNA, howeverit undergoes dispersive replication. What would be observed in theMeselson-Stahl experiment with the Alien DNA?

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AnsConservativereplication The replication in which two newlysynthesized strands obtained by replication of DNA molecule wouldassociate to form one duble helix while the two old strands wouldremain together as one double helix then it is called consevativereplication In conservative replication parental strand are fullypreserved If the E coli cells were initially grown onheavy medium 15N and then    See Answer
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