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Grade 12Zoology

Bacteria with completely radioactive DNA was allowed to replicate in non- 2 radioactive medium for two generations. What would be the percentage of radioactivity in bacteria after two generation in case of both conservative and semiconservative mode of replication?

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6 Years agoGrade 12
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A bacterium, with completely radioactive DNA, was allowed to replicate in a non-radioactive medium for two generation, the percentage of the bacteria which should contain radioactive DNA will be 50% because the mode of DNA replication is semi-conservative, which leads to the production of two DNA molecules with