Question

You learn that a Mars lander has retrieved a bacterial sample from the polar ice caps. You obtain a sample of this bacteria and perform the same kind of experiment that Meselson and Stahl did to determine how the Mars bacteria replicates its DNA. Based on the following equilibrium centrifugation results, what type of replication would you propose for this new bacteria?

Answer 1

Answer:

The list of options to complete the question are

a. conservative replication

b. semi conservative replication.

c. dispersive replication

d. discontinuous replication

e. continuous replication

THE ANSWER IS C.

c. dispersive replication

Explanation:

In this type of DNA replication, the original DNA chain is broken down and combined randomly before the

unwinding of the double helix structure and separation to form a template for synthesis of messenger RNA