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📅 NSB 2011🎓 MS🔄 Round 14#️⃣ Question 25🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

A segment of unlabeled DNA undergoes replication in a solution containing all necessary materials and in which the nitrogenous bases in the solution are radioactively labeled. Two complete, double-stranded DNA segments form. Following replication, which of the following is likely to be observed?

W) One strand on each of the two DNA segments is radioactively labeled, while the other strand on each of the two segments is unlabeled
X) Both strands of one DNA segment are radioactively labeled, while both strands of the other segment are unlabeled
Y) Both strands on each segment of DNA contain a mixture of radioactively labeled and unlabeled base pairs
Z) Both segments of DNA have all their nitrogenous bases in both strands labeled
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