Question

(d) Referring to Figure 1B, explain why any newly synthesized strand of DNA is the result of both continuous and discontinuous DNA synthesis.

Answer 1

Answer:

The DNA polymerase is the enzyme which copies in the direction of 5' to 3' in the leading strand and in case of lagging stand it is opposite. that is from the 3' to 5'.

Replication in the 3' to 5' takes place in the fragments which is laid by the Okazaki fragments. These small fragments are kept together by the help of the enzyme known as DNA Ligase. So, called as discontinues

Incase of leading strand, the  strand is in the same direction of the for the process of replication (5' to 3'). So it is continuous.

Hence, the whole process is a combination of continuous and discontinuous DNA synthesis.