DNA Replication Project By: Jacob Tyger

Guanine Cytosine Leading strand Thymine Adenine Guanine Cytosine Adenine Thymine Cytosine Guanine Thymine Adenine Adenine Thymine Cytosine Guanine Lagging strand Guanine Cytosine

Guanine Cytosine Leading strand Thymine Adenine In this stage of the replication DNA helicase “unzips” the DNA preparing it for replication. Guanine Cytosine Adenine Thymine Cytosine Guanine Thymine Adenine Adenine Thymine Cytosine Guanine Lagging strand Guanine Cytosine

Thymine Guanine Cytosine Lagging strand Leading strand Thymine Adenine DNA is separated and is beginning to become 2 separate DNA strands. Guanine Cytosine Guanine Cytosine Adenine Thymine Thymine Thymine Guanine Cytosine Guanine Thymine Adenine Adenine Adenine Cytosine

Thymine Guanine Cytosine Lagging strand Leading strand Thymine Adenine Here the second strand of the duplicated DNA is created and creates identical DNA as the first strand. Guanine Cytosine Guanine Cytosine Guanine Cytosine Adenine Thymine Thymine Thymine Thymine Adenine Adenine Guanine Cytosine Adenine Cytosine Guanine Guanine Thymine Adenine Cytosine Adenine Adenine Thymine Thymine Adenine Cytosine Guanine Thymine

Guanine Cytosine Guanine Cytosine Thymine Adenine Thymine Adenine Lagging strand Leading Strand Thymine Adenine Thymine Adenine The final stage 2 identical DNA strands are created from the first strand. Guanine Cytosine Guanine Cytosine Adenine Thymine Adenine Thymine Cytosine Guanine Cytosine Guanine Thymine Adenine Thymine Adenine Adenine Thymine Adenine Thymine Cytosine Guanine Cytosine Guanine Guanine Cytosine Guanine Cytosine

Importance of DNA replication DNA replication is important for all living things for growth and development. DNA replication copies the DNA and duplicates it for new cells. This somewhat acts like a copy and paste. When the new cells are created they need genes from DNA to function correctly. DNA is made up of 2 strands, the leading strand which holds all of your information, continually repeats itself to duplicate genes and DNA. The leading strand also goes '5 to '3. While the lagging strand pieces together chunks of information. The lagging strands replication is more complicated than the leading strand. For DNA to replicate itself it requires 5 enzymes. Those enzymes are, Polymerase, Ligase, Primase, Helicase, and Topoisomerase. This is how DNA is replicated and why it is important for all organisms to grow and develop.