Question

Give one basic difference between conservative and dispersive replication of DNA.

Answer 1

In conservative replication, the original double helix of DNA serves- as a template, the original molecule is preserved intact and an entirely new double stranded molecule is synthesised, whereas, in dispersive replication, the original molecule of DNA is broken into fragments, each fragment serves as a template for the synthesis of complementary fragments and finally two new molecules are formed which consist of both-old and new fragments.