New nucleotides — adenine, cytosine, guanine or thymine — are filled into the gaps on the other side of the backbone, pairing with their counterparts (adenine with thymine and cytosine with guanine) and replicating the DNA to make a copy for both the old and the new cells. (sciencedaily.com)
Take your kitchen shears and cut on either side of the backbone, it might take some convincing on a couple spots, then once you've cut through on both sides toss the bone into the stockpot with the neck if you got it and place the turkey right onto the baking sheet your roasting it on breast side up so it's sort of splayed out. (witandvinegar.com)
Using poultry shears, or a heavy knife, cut down both sides of the backbone to cut the chicken in half. (fieryfoodscentral.com)