What is the DNA replication process?

During DNA replication the weak hydrogen bonds between nitrogenous bases of the nucleotide separate

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So that the two polynucleotide chains of DNA also separate and uncoil.

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The chains thus separated are complimentary to one another.

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Because of the specificity Of the base pairing, each nucleotide of separated chains attracts

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its Complementary nucleotide from the cell cytoplasm.

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Once the nucleotides are attached by their hydrogen bonds to sugar radicals unite through their phosphate components,

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completing the formation of a new polynucleotide chain.

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Thus each chain of the double helix of DNA serves as a template or model on which its complementary chain is built.

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This method of DNA replication is described as a semi-conservative method ...

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