DNA Replication

- The copying of DNA - Resemblance of offspring to parents relies on accurate replication of DNA prior to meiosis and its transmission to the next generation​ - Replication prior to mitosis ensures the faithful transmission of genetic information from a parent cell to the two daughter cells​ - Since the two strands of DNA are complementary [MEANING THEY FOLLOW THE SAME PAIRING RULES], each strand acts as a template for building a new strand in replication​ - This yields two exact replicas of the “parental” molecule