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Question
Answer the following question based on Meselson and Stahl's experiment on E. coli :
Write the conclusion the scientists arrived at, at the end of the experiment.
Solution
At the end of the experiment, Meselson and Stahl concluded that DNA showed the semi-conservative mode of replication which means each strand in a DNA molecule serves as a template for synthesis of a new, complementary strand.
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