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A dsDNA found in E. coli has N15 labeled nitrogen bases. This organism was provided with N14 based nitrogen bases for the replication process. The two new DNA molecules synthesized after one round of replication in the N 14  based medium. Which of the following options correctly describes the comparison between parent DNA and daughter DNA?
 
  DNA Density Sequence of Nucleotides Radioactivity
1 Parent DNA Heavy Same as daughter DNA Not-Radioactive
Daughter DNA Light Same as parent DNA Not-Radioactive
2 Parent DNA Heavy Same as daughter DNA Radioactive
Daughter DNA Light Same as parent DNA Radioactive
3 Parent DNA Light not the same as daughter DNA Not-Radioactive
Daughter DNA Heavy not the same as parent DNA Not-Radioactive
4 Parent DNA Light Same as daughter DNA Not-Radioactive
Daughter DNA Heavy Same as parent DNA Not-Radioactive
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Options:
  • A 1
  • B 2
  • C 3
  • D 4
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 1
DNA molecule was proven to replicate via semi-conservative method where one of the two strand is a new one and other one is from the parent. When N15 labelled E. coli is grown in medium with N14 , after completion of first round of replication, the new duplicated DNA will have one strand of N15 labelled bases and the new strand having N14 labelled bases. Since, the new DNA is a hybrid its density will be lesser than the parent DNA. The DNA sequence will not differ from parent DNA. Also N15 is heavy but it is not radioactive. Thus neither the parent DNA nor daughter DNA is radioactive.

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