MCQ
Okazaki segments are formed during:
- AReplication
- BTransduction
- CTranscription
- DTranslation
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Answer
- Replication
Explanation:
Okazaki segments are formed during DNA replication.
The DNA polymerase on the lagging strand synthesizes discontinuous short DNA segments known as Okazaki fragments in 5′−3′ direction.
DNA ligase joins the Okazaki fragments and forms the continuous complementary strand.
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