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Which property of DNA double helix led Watson and Crick to hypothesise semi-conservative mode of DNA replication? Explain.

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Watson and Crick in 1953 explained that the specific pairing of nitrogenous bases in a DNA strands, enable the two strands to separate and act as a template for the synthesis of new complementary strand. This scheme is known as semiconservative method of DNA replication.
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