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Serjik [45]
2 years ago
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Why does one strand of DNA need to be copied in short fragments?

Biology
2 answers:
vagabundo [1.1K]2 years ago
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Why does one strand of DNA need to be copied in short fragments?

  • Because the two strands of a DNA molecule have complementary base pairs

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MArishka [77]2 years ago
4 0
Because DNA polymerase can only synthesize DNA in a 5′ to 3′ direction, the other new strand is put together in short pieces called Okazaki fragments. The Okazaki fragments each require a primer made of RNA to start the synthesis. The strand with the Okazaki fragments is known as the lagging strand.

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