How does transcription differ from dna replication?

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Mar 21, 2018

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Explanation:

There are many details of both that you can delve into on wikipedia, but the main difference is:

DNA Replication makes two new double strand DNA molecules from an original double strand DNA molecule (semi-conservative replication).

Transcription makes a single strand of RNA off of the DNA double strand (uses one strand of the DNA as a template and makes a single strand of RNA).