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Why replication is not continuous on the DNA template with 53 direction?

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Only a short segment of DNA can be produced when DNA synthesis occurs in 5'to 3'direction. These short hanging segments are called Okazaki fragments. As a result, they are not synthesized continuously but in breaks.

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