Question
Why DNA replication is called semiconservative replication?

Answer

  1. In each of the two daughter DNA molecules thus formed, one strand is parental and the other one is newly synthesized.
  2. 50% is contributed by mother DNA.
  3. Hence, DNA replication is described as semiconservative replication.

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