Use Figure 16.1 to Answer the Following Questions

question 12

Short Answer

Use Figure 16.1 to answer the following questions.

Figure 16.1
-A space probe returns with a culture of a microorganism found on a distant planet. Analysis shows that it is a carbon-based life-form that has DNA. You grow the cells in ¹⁵N medium for several generations and then transfer them to ¹⁴N medium. Which pattern in Figure 16.1 would you expect if the DNA was replicated in a conservative manner?

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Definitions:

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