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                                                DNA replication (labels) - illustration
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                                                DNA replication or DNA synthesis is the process of copying a double-stranded DNA molecule. This process is paramount to all life as we know it
 Illustration courtesy of user LadyofHats (Mariana Ruiz), via Wikimedia Commons.
 
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