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Grade 12Zoology

in which situation no leading strand is formed in DNA REPLICATION???????????????????????????????????????????????????

Profile image of Ankur Saha
8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Pushpendra singh
8 Years ago
When replication is taking place from 3` to 5` direction then no leading strand is formed only lagging strand is formed
Profile image of R Parker
8 Years ago
Actually it cannot happen.The enzyme DNA polymerase can work only in 5`to 3` direction . Therefore replication in 3`to 5` direction as said in the answer abovenis never possible .So if DNA replication is occurring,then both leading and lagging strands would be synthesized as DNA is a double stranded.Hope it helps