Q. Meselson and Stahl experiment on semi-conservative replication demonstrates
A) 60% radioactive, 50% non-radioactive
B) 50% non-radioactive
C) 50% radioactive
D) None of the above
Explanation
Mathew Meselson and Franklin Stahl (1957) proved that DNA replication is semi-conservative. They obtained DNA strands, which were 50% radioactive and 50 non-radioactive.
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