Biology · Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Discontinuous synthesis of DNA occurs on one of the strands because:
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- 1DNA ligase joins the short stretches of DNA later.
- 2it is a more efficient process than continuous synthesis.
- 3DNA-dependent DNA polymerase catalyses polymerisation only in one direction (5' → 3').✓
- 4the DNA molecule being synthesised is very long.
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DNA-dependent DNA polymerase catalyses polymerisation only in one direction (5' → 3').
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