conservative replication model
conservative replication model
a model of DNA synthesis, now disproved, in which both chains of the original molecule act as a template for a new daughter molecule. The SEMICONSERVATIVE REPLICATION MODEL is now accepted as the correct method of DNA replication.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005