DNA replication

Question 1

Why must chromosomes make copies of themselves?

Answer 1

-so when cells divide, each daughter cell receives an exact copy of the genetic information

Question 2

What is the copying of DNA called?

Answer 2

-replication

Question 3

Where does replication of the DNA occur?

Answer 3

-takes place in the nucleus during interphase

Question 4

The three possibilities for DNA replication

Answer 4

-conservative replication
-semi-conservative replication
-dispersive replication

Question 5

Conservative replication

Answer 5

-where the parental double helix remains intact and a whole new double helix is made

Question 6

Semi conservative replication

Answer 6

-where the parental double helix separates into two strands, each acts as a template for synthesis of a new strand

Question 7

Dispersive replication

Answer 7

-two new double helices contain fragments from both strands of the parental double helix