Which of the following best explains the production of Okazaki fragments in replicating DNA (a) DNA is stressed when it unwinds (b) DNA is anti-parallel and can only be synthesized 5’ to 3’ (c) DNA contains once less oxygen in its sugar while RNA has an OH attached to its 2’ carbon (d) Template strands are complementary and have a tendency to reform hydrogen bonds (e) both a and d

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Which of the following best explains the production of Okazaki fragments in replicating DNA

(a) DNA is stressed when it unwinds     (b) DNA is anti-parallel and can only be synthesized 5’ to 3’     (c) DNA contains once less oxygen in its sugar while RNA has an OH attached to its 2’ carbon     (d) Template strands are complementary and have a tendency to reform hydrogen bonds   (e) both a and d

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