Purchase Solution

DNA replication

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Which of the following best describes semiconservative replication?

a. the translation of a DNA molecule into a complementary strand of RNA
b. a DNA molecule consists of one parental strand and one new strand
c. the number of DNA molecules is doulbed with every other replication
d. the replication of DNA never takes place with 100% accuracy
e. the replication of DNA takes place at a defined period in the cell cycle

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

This solution answers a multiple choice question relating to DNA replication, and specifically semiconservative replication.

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Identifying Variables in Science Experiments, Part 2

Using sample experiments, test yourself to see if you can identify independent, dependent, and controlled variables. Identifying variables is key in understanding and developing experiments. The questions are biology related, but this can be applied to any area of science.

Birth 101

Do you know about childbirth? Find out with this quiz.

Do You Know Your Macromolecules?

This quiz will assess your knowledge of the macromolecules that are important to living things.

Vision and Oculomotor Control

This quiz will test the student's knowledge of the neural underpinnings of the visual system and its central pathways.

Comfort Measures For Labor

Are you ready to doula someone through labor?

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • DNA Replication Models

    567393 DNA Replication Models After Watson and Crick proposed the double helix structure for DNA, three models for DNA replication were proposed: conservative, semiconservative, and dispersive.

  • bacterial DNA replication

    the linear DNA molecules is replicated from multiple origins of replication bidirectionally.b. the linear DNA molecule is replicated from one origin of replication bidirectionallyc.

  • DNA Synthesis and RNA Transcription

    Compare and contrast DNA synthesis in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. DNA replication in prokaryotes DNA replication occurs inside cytoplasm, and there is only one origin of replication per DNA molecule.

  • Discuss different models for DNA replication that were considered by early researchers.

    492701 Different Models for DNA Replication Discuss different models for DNA replication that were considered by early researchers. Explain why they settled on the current model for DNA replication.

  • Radiolabeling to track DNA strands during replication.

    After three rounds of replication there will be eight DNA molecules.

  • DNA replication vs. PCR

    Compare the DNA Replication process in cells with the process occurring in the PCR replication. DNA replication in the cell occurs at origins of replication.

  • Bacterial Genetics and Replication

    DNA polymerases catalyzed DNA replication.

  • After three bouts of replication, how many new molecules of

    107922 After three bouts of replication, how many new molecules Two strands of a DNA molecule are radio-labeled such that each strand can be uniquely identified. After three bouts of replication, how many new molecules of DNA are formed?

  • DNA Replications, Testing, and PCR

    . (1) The initial step in DNA replication is the unwinding of DNA at the origin of replication by a protein called helicases. (1) The DNA polymerase cannot initiate or start the extension of the new complementary strand. (1) DNA replication must be

View More Related Solutions