Assume that DNA replication in a bacterium occurs via a conservative mode of replication. You conduct a Meselson-Stahl experiment on this DNA. Which of the following results would you observe in a density sedimentation separation of the DNA replication products after FIVE generations? a) b) c) d) e) $^{14}N$ $^{15}N$ $^{14}N$ $^{15}N$ $^{14}N$ $^{15}N$ $^{14}N$ $^{15}N$ $^{14}N$ $^{15}N$ A B C D E
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