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If Meselson and Stahl's experiment is continued for four generations in bacteria, the ratio of N15/N15: N15/N14: N14/N14 containing DNA in the fourth generation would be:

a. 1:1:0

b. 1:4:0

c. 0:1:3

d. 0:1:7

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The ratio of 15N /15 remains 0 in the subsequent generation. The ratio of 15N/14N remains constant while that of 14N /14N increases.

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