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DNA replication is called semiconservative.

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(1) When DNA replication takes place, for each old strand only one new strand is formed.
(2) Therefore, new daughter DNA molecule has one old and another new strand.
(3) Since 50% of the mother molecule is conserved and 50% is newly formed, the process of DNA replication is called semiconservative.
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