DNA Replication
DNA Replication is a process in which DNA replicates itself. To do this, a DNA helicase unzips a small section of the DNA and the two sides of the double helix serve as a pattern for the replication process. By this I mean that the two sides already have Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine in a certain order but do not have the complementary pairs. So, the pairs are added onto the bases by a DNA polymerase along with another "backbone" and then goes through and fixes errors, therefore, replicating the old DNA strand. This is called semi conservative replication because there is one strand from the old DNA double helix and one new strand.
(Information found in class lecture notes)
(Information found in class lecture notes)