Suppose Meselson and Stahl had done theirexperiment the other way around, starting with cells fully labeledwith 14N light DNA and then transferring them to mediumcontaining only 15N heavy DNA. What density of DNA moleculewould you predict after one and two rounds of replication?

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Suppose Meselson and Stahl had done their
experiment the other way around, starting with cells fully labeled
with 14N light DNA and then transferring them to medium
containing only 15N heavy DNA. What density of DNA molecule
would you predict after one and two rounds of replication?

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