DNA Replication

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DNA Replication: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, DNA Replication, DNA Polymerase, DNA Ligase, Leading and Lagging Strands & Semiconservative Mode etc.

Important Questions on DNA Replication

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Biology>Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis>DNA Replication> Q 1

How DNA replication is semi-conservative.

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Biology>Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis>DNA Replication> Q 2

Identify the enzyme that is present in the following image and describe its function.

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Biology>Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis>DNA Replication> Q 3

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replicates differently from nuclear DNA. Scientists believe replication of the second mtDNA strand begins after two-thirds of the first strand has been replicated. A piece of mtDNA contains 33,140 nucleotides and it takes 0.02 seconds to replicate a nucleotide. It would take _____ seconds to copy this mtDNA to the nearest whole.

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Biology>Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis>DNA Replication> Q 4

The type of replication seen in prokaryotic DNA is