Question

Which mode of DNA replication involves the parental DNA being broken into fragments, resulting in daughter DNA molecules that contain a mixture of old and new DNA segments?

Options

• Conservative replication

• Dispersive replication

• Rolling circle replication

• Semiconservative replication

Answer 1

Dispersive replication is defined as a mode of DNA replication in which the parental DNA is broken into fragments, and each daughter DNA molecule contains a mixture of old and new DNA segments.