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semiconservative replication
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sem·i·con·ser·va·tive replication (sm-kn-sûrv-tv, sm-)
n.
The normal process of DNA synthesis, in which the two original strands of the molecule separate, and each acts as a template on which a new complementary strand is laid down.
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Temperature is considered to be a semiconservative tracer and is often used to infer the extent of mixing between diffuse flow and ambient seawater, which is then used to assume the chemical environment (Johnson et al.
Hydrothermal vent mussel habitat chemistry, pre- and post-eruption at ... by Nees, Heather A.; Moore, Tommy S.; Mullaugh, Katherine M.; Holyoke, Rebecca R.; Janzen, Christopher / Journal of Shellfish Research
1958 Matthew Meselson, Frank Stahl Used isotopes of nitrogen to prove the semiconservative replication of DNA.
A brief history of medical diagnosis and the birth of the clinical ... by Bersch, Carren / Medical Laboratory Observer
Indeed, even with an immediate insight into how DNA might replicate, it was 5 years (1958) until the beautiful Meselson and Stahl experiment (Meselson and Stahl 1958) demonstrated semiconservative DNA replication, as predicted by Watson and Crick.
On the 50th anniversary of solving the structure of DNA. (Editorials) by Samson, Leona D. / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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