Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Replication and division of nuclei and cells

Replication and division of nuclei and cells — practice question

Which statement explains semi-conservative DNA replication?

  • AParental DNA is broken down into nucleotides and reassembled with new nucleotides.
  • BParental DNA is split into triplets and new triplets are added.
  • CParental DNA is split into two strands, each of which is replicated.
  • DParental DNA remains intact and a new daughter DNA copy is built from new nucleotides.

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