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ZoologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceReplicationEasy2 minPYQ_2020
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If a completely radioactive double-stranded DNA molecule undergoes two rounds of replication in a non-radioactive medium, what will be the radioactive status of the four resulting molecules?

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Answer:
D
Solution:

DNA replication is semiconservative, i.e., during each replication cycle, one of the parental strands is retained and a new daughter strand is obtained. Thus, only half of the parental DNA molecule is carried to the next generation.

Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:ZoologyTopic:Molecular Basis of InheritanceSubtopic:Replication
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