Refer to Figure 4.15, which presents the Meselson-Stahl experiment. DNA molecules can be denatured by high pH, as well as by heat. Suppose that the CsCl gradient centrifugations were run at pH 12, conditions under which DNA strands separate. Sketch the gradient profiles expected for each of the four samples depicted in the figure.
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