While conducting experiments with E. coli, Meselson and Stahl established that during DNA replication, each of the two strands t
hat compose the double helix were used as a template for the new strands of DNA. The scientists described the replication method as semi-conservative. Explain what this means in terms of DNA replication. A) The two original DNA strands, the parental strands, woulde-be used as templates to synthesize new strands.
B) After base pairing, both copies of the new DNA molecules would be a mix of alternating segments of old and new DNA.
C) Base pairing would result in two double-stranded DNA molecules that would include one parental or old strand and one daughter or new strand.
D) The two newly-synthesized strands, the daughter strands, would basepair with each other; one to form one all-old strand and one all-new strand.
Funding for alternative energy search often changes with the cost of fossil fuels. It is also influenced by investments in stopping pollution and conserving natural resources. For example, an energy crisis in the 1970s led to more funding for oil alternatives.
