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      • In eukaryotic cells, such as animal cells and plant cells, DNA replication occurs in the S phase of the cell cycle. Before this phase, also known as the synthesis stage, the cell passes through a preparation phase to minimize the chances of errors or mutations being introduced into the new DNA strands.
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  2. Apr 8, 2024 · Stages of DNA replication. DNA replication can be thought of in three stages: initiation, elongation and termination. Initiation. DNA synthesis is initiated at particular points within the DNA strand known as ‘origins’, which have specific coding regions. These origins are targeted by initiator proteins, which go on to recruit more proteins ...

  3. Feb 17, 2023 · Step 1: Initiation. Unzipping of DNA. DNA replication starts at a particular location on the DNA, called the origin of replication. It is the region where the DNA is unzipped. They have a specific sequence covering about 245 base pairs, mostly A/T base pairs and fewer GT-base pairs.

  4. Apr 20, 2011 · Four phases may be discerned in the overall process of initiation: recognition of the replication origins, assembly of the pre-replication complexes, activation of the replicative DNA helicase(s) and loading of the replicative enzymes.

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  5. Mar 17, 2022 · It occurs in three main stages: initiation, elongation, and termination. Recall that eukaryotic DNA is bound to proteins known as histones to form structures called nucleosomes. During initiation, the DNA is made accessible to the proteins and enzymes involved in the replication process.

  6. DNA replication is an all-or-none process; once replication begins, it proceeds to completion. Once replication is complete, it does not occur again in the same cell cycle. This is made possible by the division of initiation of the pre-replication complex .

  7. Jun 1, 2020 · DNA replication is a process that occurs during cellular division where two identical molecules of DNA are created from a single molecule of DNA.

  8. The replication of DNA occurs during the synthesis phase, or S phase, of the cell cycle, before the cell enters mitosis or meiosis. The elucidation of the structure of the double helix provided a hint as to how DNA is copied.