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When one DNA molecule is replicated, the result is two DNA molecules. What is true of the second DNA molecule?
It should be identical to the first DNA molecule.
The sequence of bases, from top to bottom, is opposite the sequence in the first DNA molecule.
It is twice the size of the first DNA molecule.
It is half the size of the first DNA molecule.
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It should be identical to the first DNA molecule.
Explanation: DNA replication is semiconservative — each new double helix contains one original strand and one newly synthesized complementary strand, so the two resulting DNA molecules have the same base-pair sequence as the original (barring replication errors).
Explanation: DNA replication is semiconservative — each new double helix contains one original strand and one newly synthesized complementary strand, so the two resulting DNA molecules have the same base-pair sequence as the original (barring replication errors).
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