THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENT IN BIOLOGY: Meselson & Stahl, The Semi-Conservative Replication of DNA

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    In 1958, Matthew Meselson and Frank Stahl published the "most beautiful experiment", where they demonstrated that DNA undergoes semi-conservative replication. In this video, we describe the experiments that lead to this discovery and why understanding how DNA replicates is so important. This video is a complement to Matthew Meselson's iBiology Discovery talk, where Meselson recalls the events that led him to meet Frank Stahl and to plan and execute these experiments.
    This video was produced in collaboration with iBiology.
    iBiology (www.ibiology.org) is a growing collection of free open-access online videos by scientists about research and discoveries in fields including cell biology, neuroscience, molecular biology, microbiology, ecology, development, and biophysics, and also features short talks on topics such as professional development, careers, policy, and education. iBiology is funded by NSF, NIGMS, and HHMI, and is supported by the ASCB and UCSF.
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  • @christaguevara7582
    @christaguevara7582 Před 7 lety +63

    As a biology student I found this really helpful. Thank you for posting it!

  • @dreamstar18
    @dreamstar18 Před 9 lety +118

    Wow I'm German and hadn't unterstand the Meselson and Stahl experiment til yet. I watched 10 german videos about Meselson and Stahl, but only THIS video has show me how it works! I thank you so much!! :)

  • @marinaromanova3475
    @marinaromanova3475 Před 9 lety +14

    The only Meselson and Stahl video on CZcams that actually helped me. Two thumbs up!

  • @Skittlezs710
    @Skittlezs710 Před 8 lety +423

    Actually, everyone gives Watson and Crick all the credit for discoverying DNA Structure buuuuuutttt, Rosalind Franklin was the one to discover this, for she spent so much time using X-Rays in order to figure out the DNA structure, which caused her Cancer. While she was sick battling cancer, two other students researching DNA Structure in the same University( WATSON AND CRICK) sneaked into her Dorm room and stole all her notes AND Published them taking all credit and A Nobel Prize for it But Rosalind Franklin died of cancer before she could take back all recognition of her Research.

    • @DanielLieu
      @DanielLieu Před 8 lety +50

      +Adlin Hernandez I like how you talked about Rosalind Franklin! She was actually a huge part in the discovery of DNA because of the X-Ray diffraction she was able to obtain. It was critical in understanding that DNA spiraled in a double helix. Unfortunately, due to the reputation of women in science, her work wasn't really respected and neither was herself as a scientist in general. Unfortunate that her death occurred before the Nobel Prize because I believe she would have made a huge impact in the stigma that women scientists aren't as great as men -- which even exists today as women get paid less :) Hopefully that can change!

    • @rohanshetty5103
      @rohanshetty5103 Před 8 lety +5

      is it true ..? i mean i never heard of it before !

    • @DarwiiNs
      @DarwiiNs Před 7 lety +2

      yea she basically told them everything they wrote about

    • @teresataylor-whiteley823
      @teresataylor-whiteley823 Před 7 lety +55

      This is not strictly true. Yes Rosalind Franklin was an X-Ray Crystallographer at Kings College London were work was undertaken to determine the crystal structure of DNA (along with the scientist Maurice Wilkins) , the data of which Watson and Crick used to describe the structure of DNA in their publication 'The Double Helix'. However, Watson and Crick were working at a laboratory at Cambridge, not Kings College London and neither of them were students, they were all research scientists working in different laboratory groups. In 1956, three years after Watson and Crick had published their model, Franklin was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which exposure to x-rays has been suggested to be a possible factor in her illness although other members of her family had previously died of cancer.Nonetheless, Franklin's work was crucial to the development of Watson and Crick's model and she definitely should have received recognition.

    • @jemmaxoxo9229
      @jemmaxoxo9229 Před 6 lety +10

      TRUTH she died because of her research and work

  • @lillylindner8067
    @lillylindner8067 Před 5 lety +19

    This was amazing because you gave it so much context. My Biology teacher wasn‘t able to explain it in a logical way. 🙆🏻‍♀️
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    @indiraacharya8038 Před 6 lety +2

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    @orangesandlemons40 Před 6 lety +2

    Thank you so much! It was hard to understand in class and in my textbook, but you explained it very well and now I understand it!

  • @gabriellewilliams1048
    @gabriellewilliams1048 Před 8 lety +1

    this video is super good! definitely helped me understand this experiment A LOT more than i had before.

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    @kazkumail Před 8 lety +3

    Beautifully done, really helped!

  • @wasanthikaathukorala6812
    @wasanthikaathukorala6812 Před 5 měsíci

    This is such a logical explanation. Easy to understand. Thanks a bunch ❤

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    @sarazafar3734 Před 3 lety +1

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    Your voice makes the video more understandable ❤️

  • @freshlycleanedhands
    @freshlycleanedhands Před 11 měsíci

    This is truly an amazing video. Thank you so much!

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    @anupamagoswami Před 9 lety +13

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    @ditamayo7095 Před 6 lety +2

    Great explanation!! LOVED IT

  • @SteadfastWorshipper577
    @SteadfastWorshipper577 Před 6 lety +3

    Thank you for this thorough and clear explanation of Meselson's and Stahl's experiment.

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    @ilyassalmon9513 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for posting it!

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    @iriscardoso1044 Před 7 měsíci

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    So useful😍 simple and clear thank you❤️

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    @knithinmohan4293 Před 5 lety +3

    Thank you, it helped me so much!

  • @isaacppailay8332
    @isaacppailay8332 Před 5 lety +2

    This lesson is quite amazing, am glad that I finally understand DNA replication

  • @kimiazare1884
    @kimiazare1884 Před 5 lety +3

    I loved it even for the international student was so easy to understand

  • @ghinaraji
    @ghinaraji Před 6 měsíci

    Beautifully explained!

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    @harish834 Před 2 lety

    Thank you So much. It is Simple,Intresting to understand the concept.

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    @vineelavudata421 Před 5 lety +1

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    @Chelsea-cd5lf Před 4 lety +1

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    @madelynlewis3842 Před 3 lety +1

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  • @Godinus.
    @Godinus. Před 2 lety

    This is the most beautiful way to explain,the most beautiful experiment in the history of biology.

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    @mrinavaition Před 3 lety

    Easy to understand and fun to watch too

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    @KnockoutEcho Před rokem

    thank you! this video helped a lot

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    @ayano_sensei Před 2 lety

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    @libs8709 Před 7 lety +1

    This video is so so helpful, I'm definitely a visual learner

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    @lynngedankenwelt9947 Před 6 lety +1

    Thankssssss. The german yt videos were as complicated as my biology book, but this Video was easy to understand
    You saved my life xD

  • @afifaamjed2294
    @afifaamjed2294 Před 5 lety +1

    AMAZING EXPLANATION!!! I finally understand this yayayaya :D
    one question though: what if the bacteria were allowed to replicate a third time in N-14?

    • @charlieshin9868
      @charlieshin9868 Před 5 lety

      Afifa Amjed it would depend on which strand was getting replicated i think. So if it was the light strand it would just come out as 2 light strands. But if it was the hald half strand it would come up with 1 strand that is light and 1 strand that is half half

    • @afifaamjed2294
      @afifaamjed2294 Před 5 lety

      www.thestudentroom.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=698336&stc=1&d=1508899096
      This is the picture in my textbook. I don't get the results of the 3rd generation with N-14 (test tube 4).

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    @hollowghost2 Před 8 lety +1

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    @DiegoT888 Před 8 lety +15

    GATTACA reference 5:27

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    @tyneciadavis408 Před 3 lety +1

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  • @biology_com
    @biology_com Před 2 lety

    Very well explained

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    @malaikatanveer1406 Před 3 lety +1

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    @surajdewalkar9127 Před 7 lety

    so nicely explaned...thnks

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    @AyeshaKhan-gp9on Před 6 lety +1

    You deserve more subs

  • @lydilein346
    @lydilein346 Před 6 lety

    You explaind it soo well that I can unterstand it even if I am german

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    @user-tf9zh2jh6w Před 7 měsíci

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    @janlauterbach4696 Před 5 lety +1

    It is indeed a very elegant experiment

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    @abeeranasir324 Před 3 lety

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    @randomname5118 Před 3 měsíci

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    @jueedhar5449 Před 4 lety +1

    Beautiful .

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    @yellowbelliedslider6719 Před 7 lety +1

    Well done! ^.^

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    @aparnatalukdardas584 Před rokem

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    @divyanshu6519 Před rokem +1

    Ceasium chloride density gradient was used to separate.

  • @ahmedmadhy842
    @ahmedmadhy842 Před 3 lety +1

    Very clear

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    @ukaszsurzycki845 Před 5 lety

    really beautifull idea....

  • @k2chloe91
    @k2chloe91 Před 5 lety +1

    why does the 1st to 2nd replication support semi conservative? i know you said it doesn't support conservative but it does support semi and dispersive, but why?

  • @dangthatscool1
    @dangthatscool1 Před 9 lety

    Good work, here!

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    can u explain beadle and tautum experiment

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    @jozhx. Před 9 lety +1

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    @priyal5873 Před 3 lety

    THANK YOU

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    @carlymain8391 Před 6 lety

    thank you!

  • @vedhasp
    @vedhasp Před 9 lety +4

    Thanks for this. I come from engineering background, so this might be a naive question, but why do we care about 3 'types' of replication? I mean, isn't next generation essentially the same in structure?

    • @YourekaScience
      @YourekaScience  Před 9 lety +3

      sahdeV The question was how does DNA replicate? The three replication "types" were
      hypotheses about how replication can happen. Only one of them was true.
      It's important to understand exactly how replication happens in order to
      better understand how genetic information is spread and how disease
      genes can be transmitted. It has also opened up many doors for
      developing useful tools to manipulate DNA in the lab. I hope this makes
      sense!
      Cheers!
      Florie

    • @vedhasp
      @vedhasp Před 9 lety

      YourekaScience I see... So only one of the three models is true. But there was another youtube video I came across that said *most* of the replication is through semi-conservative mode of replication.... did NOT say it only *is* the true mechanism. Therefore the confusion...
      I have kind of heard that the sequences made with A,G,C and T make up our physical attributes including characteristic facial features, dictate our immunity etc. What video is the good point to learn about that from your series? I am interested in learning these from CS/pattern recognition point of view, I do not have much of chemistry/biology background, but I wouldn't mind learning a bit about it if its absolutely necessary to.

    • @YourekaScience
      @YourekaScience  Před 9 lety +3

      sahdeV DNA replication is always done in a semi-conservative manner. There is no other way DNA can be replicated.
      Regarding learning how genetics works, my videos apply these concepts to specific examples. You can see all of our genetics videos by clicking on "Genetics" here: yourekascience.org/videos/
      I would say a few that you may be interested in are slightly older videos: "He’s Got His Father’s Eyes and His Mother’s Mutations" "Shedding Light on the DNA’s Dark Matter" or "Colon Cancer: Signed, Sealed, Resected"

    • @ghhfhhhhh
      @ghhfhhhhh Před 9 lety

      YourekaScience there is another type of replication called binary fission but only works for bacteria yes/no?

    • @florie8723
      @florie8723 Před 9 lety +1

      Xin yuan Binary Fission is a type of cell division. During binary fission, the DNA is replicated and it's replicated in a semi-conservative manner, as in the video. I hope this makes sense!

  • @zafariqbal2183
    @zafariqbal2183 Před 7 lety +1

    superb!

  • @captainp1623
    @captainp1623 Před 2 lety +2

    That was absolutely helpful
    Thank You guys great job :)

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    @fatimarafiq1043 Před 5 lety +11

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  • @pb5631
    @pb5631 Před 3 lety

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