Consider the following segment of DNA, which is part of a linear chromosome: LEFT            5’.…TGACTGACAGTC….3’ 3’.…ACTGACTGTCAG….5’                    RIGHT   During DNA replication, this double-strand molecule is separated from the right to the left into two single strands and the replisome is moving from the right to the left of the segment. ___________ should be the template for the lagging strand synthesis.     neither of the two strands   the bottom strand   both top and bottom strands   the top strand

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Consider the following segment of DNA, which is part of a linear chromosome:

LEFT            5’.…TGACTGACAGTC….3’

3’.…ACTGACTGTCAG….5’                    RIGHT

 

During DNA replication, this double-strand molecule is separated from the right to the left into two single strands and the replisome is moving from the right to the left of the segment. ___________ should be the template for the lagging strand synthesis.

 
 

neither of the two strands

 

the bottom strand

 

both top and bottom strands

 

the top strand

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