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This model of DNA replication suggests that newly synthesized strands of DNA have mixtures of parental and newly synthesized portions is called

A. dispersive
B. conservative
C. semiconservative

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The model of DNA replication with mixtures of original and new DNA portions in the strands is called dispersive replication.

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The model of DNA replication that suggests newly synthesized strands of DNA have mixtures of parental and newly synthesized portions is called dispersive. In conservative replication, the entire double-stranded DNA molecule is either new or original. In semi-conservative replication, which was proven to be the method of DNA replication in the Meselson and Stahl experiment, each of the two parental DNA strands serves as a template for a new DNA strand, therefore, after replication, each double-stranded DNA contains one parental strand and one new strand.

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