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 [-- DNA replication --]

 
defined: The process by which the DNA double helix unwinds and makes an exact copy of itself.

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Dr. Lawrence Brody, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Genetic and Molecular Biology Branch, defines DNA replication.
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related
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  cell, double helix

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