Semi-conservative replication:

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Chapter28: Dna Metabolism: Replication, Recombination, And Repair
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Please help me explain this on my report on cell dogma 

Semi-conservative
replication:
One strand of duplex
passed on unchanged to
each of the daughter
1. Original double helix.
cells. This 'conserved'
Template
Template
2. Strands separate.
C
strand acts as a template
for the synthesis of a
new, complementary
strand by the enzyme
DNA polymerase
3. Complementary
bases align opposite
templates.
4. Enzymes link
sugar-phosphate
elements of aligned
nucleotides into a
continuous new strand.
Daughter
helices
Templates
New strands
Transcribed Image Text:Semi-conservative replication: One strand of duplex passed on unchanged to each of the daughter 1. Original double helix. cells. This 'conserved' Template Template 2. Strands separate. C strand acts as a template for the synthesis of a new, complementary strand by the enzyme DNA polymerase 3. Complementary bases align opposite templates. 4. Enzymes link sugar-phosphate elements of aligned nucleotides into a continuous new strand. Daughter helices Templates New strands
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