How DNA Is Copied
What does it mean that the two strands of DNA are complementary?
What is DNA replication?
Using your notes, book, and this assignment, place the steps of DNA replication in the correct order.
______ a. The enzyme DNA polymerase moves along the exposed strands and adds
complementary nucleotides to each nucleotide in each existing strand.
______ b. The DNA double helix breaks or unzips down the middle between the base
pairs.
______ c. A complementary strand is created for each of the two strands of the original
double helix.