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Double Helix and Pulse-Chase Experiment

By: Cheryl Coronado
Science Topic
Genetics
Level
High School — GeneralHigh School — AP/IB

Educator Cheryl Coronado discusses how she uses the short film The Double Helix to introduce her students to how DNA's structure was uncovered. She then follows with the accompanying pulse-chase student activity that describes the experiment that proved DNA replication is semi-conservative.

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