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Why does DNA replication occur within ‘replicating fork’?

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Why does DNA replication occur within ‘replicating fork’?

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The entire DNA molecule does not open in a single stretch because of the very high energy required. The point of separation proceeds slowly towards both directions giving the appearance of a Y-shaped structure called the replication fork

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