Semiconservative model

- Watson and Crick’s semiconservative model of replication predicts that when a double helix replicates, each daughter molecule will have one old strand (derived or “conserved” from the parent molecule) and one newly made strand​ - Competing models were the conservative model (the two parent strands rejoin) and the dispersive model (each strand is a mix of old and new)​ - The Semiconservative Model ended up being correct