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Suppose the Experiment of Meselson and Stahl Was Performed on a Sample

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Suppose the experiment of Meselson and Stahl was performed on a sample of 8 cells, each containing one copy of its circular double-stranded DNA genome, and that had been growing on normal 14N medium.You then grew the cells for 3 generations in medium containing 15N.The outcome would be


A) 8 cells with single-stranded DNA molecules with 14N, and 24 cells with single-stranded DNA molecules with 15N.
B) 16 cells with double-stranded DNA molecules with equal amounts of 14N and 15N, and 48 cells with double-stranded DNA molecules with 15N.
C) 8 cells with double-stranded DNA molecules with equal amounts of 14N and 15N, and 24 cells with double-stranded DNA molecules with 15N.
D) 8 cells with double-stranded DNA molecules with equal amounts of 14N and 15N, and 32 cells with double-stranded DNA molecules with 15N.
E) 65 cells with single-stranded DNA molecules with 15N.

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