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Question
Why does lagging strand form short fragments of DNA?
Very Short Answer
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Solution
DNA polymerase can add nucleotides only in the 5′ → 3′ direction. Because the lagging-strand template runs oppositely relative to the replication fork, its new strand is made discontinuously as Okazaki fragments.
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