When Meselson and Stahl Performed the Experiment That Showed That

question 34

Essay

When Meselson and Stahl performed the experiment that showed that replication is a semiconservative process,they utilized E.coli,and various isotopes of nitrogen (¹⁵N and ¹⁴N).Explain briefly what their results would have been if DNA replicated conservatively.

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