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DNA Replication: Copying the Code — Homework
Review the steps of DNA replication in order before answering.
- 1.Which enzyme unwinds the DNA double helix at the start of replication?
- 2.During which phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur?
- 3.Explain what "semiconservative" means, applied to DNA replication.
- 4.Explain why the lagging strand is built in short fragments instead of continuously.
- 5.Explain in three or four sentences how the Meselson-Stahl experiment's results supported semiconservative replication.
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