Question

If DNA replicated conservatively instead of semi conservatively, what would the banding pattern look like in a tube containing heavy nitrogen DNA (15N) grown in regular, or light, nitrogen (14N) for 1 generation? A. There would be one band of heavy DNA and one band of light DNA. B. There would be one band of intermediate DNA, and one band of light DNA. C. There would be one band of heavy DNA and one band on intermediate DNA. D. There would be one band of intermediate weight DNA.

Answer 1

A. There would be one band of heavy DNA and one band of light DNA.

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we must exclude that a 15N DNA is related to a heavy nitrogen, while a 14N DNA is related to a light nitrogen.

After that, it is important to understand what conservative DNA replication would be. This type of replication implies that the strands of the parental DNA would not be separated to form the daughter strands. Thus, the replication occurs with the DNA strands together, the daughter strands of newly formed DNA are also formed together, in this case. Thus, the parental 15N DNA would form another 15N DNA molecule, the same goes for the 14N molecule. With that we can say that the answer to your question would be "there would be a heavy DNA band and a light DNA band."