A lagging strand is sketched below. The Okazaki fragment DNA is red, and the RNA primers are dashed orange lines. Which Okazaki fragment was made first? When ligase joins fragments A and B, will it act at arrow 1, arrow 2, or both?

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A lagging strand is sketched below. The Okazaki fragment DNA is red, and the RNA primers are
dashed orange lines. Which Okazaki fragment was made first? When ligase joins fragments A
and B, will it act at arrow 1, arrow 2, or both?

 

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