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Question:

The experimental proof for semiconservative replication of DNA was first shown in a Plant, Fungus, Virus, or Bacterium?

Plant

Virus

Fungus

Bacterium

Solution:

The semiconservative nature of replication of DNA was proved by Mathew Meselson and Franklin Stahl in 1958 (not 1985). They performed their experiment in the bacterium Escherichia coli. So, the correct answer is option D.