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During semi-conservative DNA replication in eukaryotic cells, why is the lagging strand synthesized discontinuously as Okazaki fragments?
Correct Answer:
DNA polymerases can only polymerize new nucleotides in the 5' to 3' direction, requiring backward synthesis away from the advancing replication fork

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