alleryThe Meselson-Stahl experiment proved that DNA replication is
Aconservative
Bdiscontinuous on both strands
Csemi-conservative
Ddispersive
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. semi-conservative
After one round of replication in ¹⁴N medium, all DNA molecules from ¹⁵N-labelled E. coli had a single intermediate density.
That's only possible if each daughter contains one parental strand and one new strand — the semi-conservative model.
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