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Ch. 16 - The Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Chapter 16, Problem 4

The elongation of the leading strand during DNA synthesis a. progresses away from the replication fork. b. occurs in the 3′→5′ direction. c. produces Okazaki fragments. d. depends on the action of DNA polymerase.

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Hi everyone here. We have a question asking which one is palm arised in a five prime to three prime during DNA synthesis? A leading strand? Yes. Be lagging strand. Yes. See Okazaki fragments. Yes. So our answer here is deep. All of these. Thank you for watching. Bye.
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