Definitions
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- adjective genetics Describing the process of
DNA replication in which the twostrands of the moleculeseparate , each acting as atemplate for the formation of acomplementary new strand.
Etymologies
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semi- + conservative
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Meanwhile Brownlee has a nice victory story in his settlement against the Oxycontin makers – the kind of accessible story that can be spun to semiconservative NoVa voters pretty well.
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