Meselson and Stahl showed that DNA is replicated by a _____ system.
A)conservative
B)semiconservative
C)dispersive
D)semidispersive
E)conservative in prokaryotes and dispersive in eukaryotes

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Meselson and Stahl's experiments provided evidence for the semiconservative model of DNA replication, where the original parental strands separate and each act as a template for the synthesis of a new complementary strand, resulting in two daughter DNA molecules that each contains one parental strand and one newly synthesized strand.

Meselson and Stahl Showed That DNA Is Replicated by a _____