Conservative replication would leave intact the original DNA molecule and generate a completely new molecule.
Dispersive replication would produce two DNA molecules with sections of both old and new DNA interspersed along each strand.
Semiconservative replication would produce molecules with both old and new DNA, but each molecule would be composed of one old strand and one new one.
DNA replication begins in areas of DNA molecules are called origins of replication.
The diagram that models replication in which DNA is copied before mitosis occurs is called the semi-conservative replication model. In this model, each strand of the original DNA molecule serves as a template for the synthesis of a new complementary strand. This results in two identical DNA molecules, each one containing one original strand and one newly synthesized strand.
Prokaryotic DNA replication has a single origin of replication, leading to two replication forks. In contrast, eukaryotic DNA replication has multiple origins of replication, resulting in multiple replication forks forming along the DNA molecule.
Reiji and Tsuneko Okazaki, along with colleagues, discovered short DNA fragments called Okazaki fragments that are synthesized discontinuously during DNA replication on the lagging strand. Their work helped to elucidate the process of DNA replication and how it occurs on both the leading and lagging strands, leading to the development of the Okazaki fragment model for DNA replication.
DNA is copied during a process called DNA replication. This process occurs in the nucleus of a cell and involves making an exact copy of the original DNA molecule. DNA replication is essential for cell division and passing genetic information from one generation to the next.
During DNA replication, DNA polymerase lands at the origin site and begins synthesizing a new DNA strand complimentary to the template strand. It catalyzes the addition of nucleotides to the growing DNA chain in a 5' to 3' direction. This process is essential for the accurate duplication of genetic information.
DNA replication produces a copy of the DNA. At the same time the cell in which the DNA is to be found splits into two with a copy of the DNA in each. DNA replication is caused by cell replication during the process of mitosis.
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The three rules that DNA replication must follow are: Semiconservative replication: Each new DNA molecule contains one strand from the original DNA molecule and one newly synthesized strand. Directionality: DNA polymerase can only add new nucleotides in the 5' to 3' direction. Complementarity: A always pairs with T, and G always pairs with C during DNA replication.
The leading strand is the DNA strand that is synthesized continuously during DNA replication. This is because the polymerase enzyme can add nucleotides in the 5' to 3' direction without interruption as the replication fork opens.
After 3 replication cycles, 87.5% of the DNA will be radioactive. Each cycle doubles the amount of DNA, so after the first cycle, 50% will be radioactive, after the second cycle, 75% will be radioactive, and after the third cycle, 87.5% will be radioactive.
The site of DNA replication in eukaryotes is the nucleus. Replication occurs in the nucleus because this is where the DNA is stored. The process involves unwinding the DNA double helix and synthesizing new strands of DNA using the existing strands as templates.