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Why DNA replication is called semiconser...

Why DNA replication is called semiconservative ?

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Because after the completion of replication, each daughter DNA molecule will have one parental strand and one newly synthesized strand.
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Because each strand of parental DNA acts as template during replication and hence the newly synthesized DNA has one parental and a newly synthesized strand.
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