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  • (a) Why does DNA replication occur in small replication fork and not in its entire length? (b) Why is DNA replication continuous and discontinuous in a replication fork? (c) State the importance of origin of replication in a replica

(a) Why does DNA replication occur in small replication fork and not in its entire length?

(b) Why is DNA replication continuous and discontinuous in a replication fork?

(c) State the importance of origin of replication in a replication  

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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(a) DNA being very long, requires high energy for opening along its entire length.

(b) DNA dependent DNA polymerase catalyse polymerisation only in one direction.

i.e., 5' → 3'

The strands of DNA are antiparallel and have opposite polarity.

(c) Site value replication originates.

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