A scientist used a radioactive isotope of nitrogen to label the nitrogenous bases of the DNA in a bacterial cell. The labeled cells were then allowed to grow and divide for one generation in a medium of non-radioactive nitrogen. Describe how the distribution of radioactive DNA to the daughter cells provides evidence for semiconservative replication of the DNA molecule.
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
A scientist used a radioactive isotope of nitrogen to label the nitrogenous bases of the DNA in a bacterial cell. The labeled cells were then allowed to grow and divide for one generation in a medium of non-radioactive nitrogen.
Describe how the distribution of radioactive DNA to the daughter cells provides evidence for semiconservative replication of the DNA molecule.
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