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During DNA replication, the lagging strand requires Okazaki fragments because DNA polymerases can only synthesize DNA in the 5′ to 3′ direction while the replication fork op...
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Okazaki fragments are short, newly synthesized DNA segments that form on the lagging strand during DNA replication. Because DNA polymerase can only add nucleotides in the 5′ t...
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