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BIOLOGY TOPIC 7 NUCLEIC ACIDS (HL)

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Why is the lagging strand discontinuous?

Author: Sammy Universe

why is the lagging strand discontinuous?



Answer:

DNA pol is moving away from the helicase = has to return to copy new sections of DNA copied in short okazaki fragments = each w a primer primers are then replaced with DNA bases with pol I and are joined together w/ DNA ligase


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