The experimental proof for semiconservative replication of DNA was first shown in a

A Plant

B Bacterium

C Fungus

D Virus

The answer is B.

Solution

Meselson and Stahl used $E.\ coli$ with $^{15}N$ labelling.

Semi-conservative DNA replication was first shown in the bacterium $Escherichia\ coli$ by Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl.

Concept meselson-stahl-experiment

2 questions from this chapter have appeared across 2 exam years.