What is the name for the mechanism of DNA replication in which one parental strand and one daughter strand are combined following replication?
A) Dispersive
B) Semiconservative
C) Conservative
D) All of the answers are correct

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This is the definition of semiconservative replication, which was demonstrated by Meselson and Stahl in their classic experiment using heavy isotopes of nitrogen. In semiconservative replication, each daughter DNA molecule consists of one parental strand and one newly synthesized daughter strand. Dispersive replication involves the random mixing of parental and daughter DNA strands, while conservative replication would produce entirely new daughter DNA molecules without any parental strands.

What Is the Name for the Mechanism of DNA Replication