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Identify the structure which has a unique property of replication.


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DNA has a unique property of replication.

DNA:

  1. DNA is a self-replicating genetic substance found in all living things.
  2. It transports all genetic information.
  3. It contains instructions that organisms can use to grow, live, develop, and reproduce. It is a lengthy molecule containing genetic “code.”
  4. DNA was discovered in the 1950s by biologists James Watson and Francis Crick.

DNA replication:

  1. DNA replication is the biological process by which two identical copies of DNA are produced from one original DNA.
  2. DNA replication occurs in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes in identical phases, with DNA unwinding assisted by the enzyme DNA helicase and new DNA strands produced by enzymes known as polymerases.
  3. Both species use semi-conservative replication, in which individual strands of DNA are generated in opposite orientations.

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