semiconservative

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Somewhat politically conservative.
2. adjective Describing the process of DNA replication in which the two strands of the molecule separate, each acting as a template for the formation of a complementary new strand.

Similar words

replication reverse interreplicon recombinational postreplicative recombinant recombinagenic recombinogenic endoreplicative recombining

Often followed by

replication dna model mode mechanism nature and manner synthesis

Word family

semiconservatively