dna replication

• step one of semi-conservative replication = the enzyme DNA helicase causes the two strands to separate breaking the hydrogen bonds between the complementary bases
• step two of semi conservative replication = one of the strands is used as a template and complementary base pairing occurs between the template strand and free nucleotides
• step three of semi conservative replication = once activated nucleotides are bound the enzyme DNA polymerase joins them together by forming phosphodiester bonds. The result is that two identical strand of DNA are formed