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 ...

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 ...

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 ...