When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication process can cause alterations in genomic DNA, promoting cellular ageing, cancer, ...
DNA replication animation in real time. It's amazing to think that millions of your DNA containing cells are doing this in your body right now. Remember, this is how fast DNA replicates in real time!
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? Semiconservative ...