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5.Molecular Basis of Inheritance
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During $DNA$ replication, Okazaki fragments areused to elongate
A
the lagging strand towards replication fork
B
the leading strand away from replication fork
C
the lagging strand away from the replication fork
D
the leading strand towards replication fork.
(NEET-2017)
Solution
(c) : Lagging strand is a replicated strand of $DNA$ which is formed in short segments called Okazaki fragments. Its growth is discontinuous. The direction of growth of the lagging strand is $3’ 5’$ though in each Okazaki fragment it is $5’ 3’.$
Standard 12
Biology
