Question: 1) You grow bacteria for many generations. You then add 5N to the bacterial culture and go through three rounds of replication in the

1) You grow bacteria for many generations. You then add 5N to 

1) You grow bacteria for many generations. You then add 5N to the bacterial culture and go through three rounds of replication in the presence of 5N. a) What percentage (or fraction) of the DNA strands will be labeled with 15N? Remember that each DNA molecule has TWO strands and the question is asking about the number of DNA strands.

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