Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry 6th Edition

Published by W.H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1-42923-414-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-42923-414-6

Chapter 25 - DNA Metabolism - Problems - Page 1053: 1

Answer

If replication was dispersive, the density of the first generation of DNA would appear as an intermediate band between a set heavy and light DNA bands. In the next generation, the intermediate band will grow more noticeable and the other two would disappear completely. Since two bands were seen in the model, dispersive replication was disproved.

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