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Sever21 [200]
4 years ago
14

Why is replication on one strand of dna continuous, while on the other strand the replication must be discontinuous?

Biology
1 answer:
Basile [38]4 years ago
4 0
This is because DNA polymerase can only add new nucleotides in the 5’ to 3’ direction. In the replication bubble, the continuous strand is 5’-3’, however the discontinuous strand is 3’-5’. This forces DNA polymerase to use small primers and work backwards on the discontinuous strands, forming Okazaki fragments.
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