BRAINCAKEEvidence for Semi-Conservative Replication
The method of DNA replication was confirmed by Meselsohn and Stahl using the following experiment:
E. coli bacteria was grown on a medium containing 15N for many generations so the bacteria would incorporate the nitrogen into their amino acids and nucleic acids.
Sign in free to see the rest of this lesson, the R.E.C.I.P.E. recall steps and the quiz
BrainCake is free. Make an account in seconds and pick up where this page stops.
More in Nucleic Acids
- Stability of the Double Helix
- Function of DNA
- Discovering DNA as the Hereditary Material
- DNA Semi-Conservative Replication
- ATP
- ATP Synthesis
- Roles of ATP
- Water and Hydrogen Bonding
All 18 lessons in Nucleic Acids · All AQA AS-level Biology topics