Vocab
Define semi-conservative DNA
Each daughter DNA has an original strand and a new one
What is Ms. Farmer's favorite color
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Which two isotopes of Nitrogen were used within this experiment?
Which hypothesis did this study confirm?
Watson and Crick's Hypothesis
Define Centrifugation
Technique using centrifugal force to separate components of a mixture based on density
Why was E-coli chosen for this study?
Rapid replication as well as the DNA's ability to be isolated and manipulated
What is the difference between the conservative, semi-conservative, and dispersive models?
Dispersive: Fragments of old and new DNA dispersed in both molecules
The study confirmed which role the DNA strands play in regards to creation of new strands
DNA strands act as templates for new strands
Define buoyant density and its function in the study
The density of an object measured in a buoyant medium and was used to seperate DNA molecule
Which replication models did the study disprove?
Ruled out conservative and dispersive models of replication
Why did Meselson and Stahl grow the DNA in two different isotopes of Nitrogen?
To show the presence of both an original and new strand, as the nitrogen was used to synthesize the DNA.
This study laid the foundation for... (Name 2)
Molecular genetics, DNA Repair, and Genetic Engineering