Watson and Crick's discovery of DNA structure in 1953 revealed a possible mechanism for DNA replication. So why didn't Meselson and Stahl finally explain this mechanism until 1958 ...

The high accuracy or fidelity of semi-conservative DNA replication is the product of nucleotide template interaction, polymerase-enhanced base selectivity, exonuclease proofreading and the post ...

DNA replication is happening continuously throughout the body, as many as trillions of times per day. Whenever a cell divides -- whether to repair damaged tissue, replace old cells, or simply to ...

Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl's 1957 demonstration of DNA replication is considered "the most beautiful ... "1 Their follow-up paper explained the probable semi-conservative route: The double ...