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Okazaki fragm...

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Okazaki fragments form from the

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leading strand

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lagging strand

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non-sense strand

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sense strand

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Solution

The correct option is B lagging strand
Okazaki fragments are short DNA fragments formed during replication from the lagging strand. They are ligated by DNA ligase after replacing the RNA primers with DNA.

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