Glossary 3.3

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The glossary provides definitions and explanations of key terms and concepts essential to understand the topic in the lesson. Be sure to familiarize yourself with each term before attempting the lesson glossary quiz.

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Semiconservative Replication

a mechanism of DNA replication in which each of the two strands of parent DNA is incorporated into a new double-stranded DNA molecule

Single-strand Binding Protein (SSB)

a replication enzyme that prevents parent DNA strands from annealing to each other once they have been searated by helicase