The Lagging Strand Is Characterized by a Series of Short

question 20

Multiple Choice

The lagging strand is characterized by a series of short segments of DNA (Okazaki fragments) that are joined together to form a finished lagging strand. The experiments that led to the discovery of Okazaki fragments gave evidence for which of the following ideas?

• A) DNA polymerase synthesizes leading and lagging strands during replication only in one direction.
• B) DNA is a polymer consisting of four monomers: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine.
• C) DNA is the genetic material that requires removal of short RNA segments to be functional.
• D) Bacterial replication is fundamentally different from eukaryotic replication.

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