Semiconservative replication
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- During DNA duplication, each strand of a parent DNA molecule is a template for the synthesis of its new complementary strand. Thus, one half of a preexisting DNA molecule is conserved during each round of replication.
Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn - Cite This Source - This Definition - lagging strand, leading strand, Okazaki fragment, Replication, replication fork, semi-conservative replication