Letter R

Replication, DNA

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A wondrous complex process whereby the ('parent') strands of DNA in the double helix are separated and each one is copied to produce a new ('daughter') strand.

This process is said to be 'semi-conservative' since one of each parent strand is conserved and remains intact after replication has taken place

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