Question

After the first replication was observed in their experiments testing the nature of DNA replication, Meselson and Stahl could be confident of which of the following conclusions?

a
Replication is semi-conservative.
b
Replication is not dispersive
c
Replication is not conservative.
d
Replication is neither dispersive nor conservative.

Answer 1

Replication is semi-conservative because the two chains of DNA are separated by the helicase and corresponding nucleotides are placed on each chan by an enzyme called DNA polymerase