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In 1958, Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl conducted their famous experiment that demonstrated the semi-conservative mechanism of DNA replication. By using isotopes of nitrogen to label the DNA in bacteria, they showed that each new DNA molecule consisted of one original strand and one newly synthesized strand after replication. This provided crucial evidence supporting the theory that during DNA replication, the two strands of the DNA helix separate and serve as templates for the creation of new complementary strands. Their work was pivotal in advancing our understanding of molecular genetics.

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