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How many strands does DNA have after the completion of replication?

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DNA:
DNA is known as deoxyribonucleic acid.
Replication of DNA is semi-conservative, i.e., one of the strands after replication is parental and the other is the new daughter strand.
Hence, DNA has two strands after replication.

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