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Complete the following vocabulary exercise related to DNA replication. Match the words below with the appropriate blank in the sentences.
i. leading strand
ii. Okazaki fragments
iii. replication fork
iv. DNA polymerase
v. daughter DNA

a. After replication is complete, the new DNAs, called__________ , are identical to each other.
b. The new DNA strand that grows continuously in the 5' to 3' direction is called the_______
c. The enzyme that can replicate DNA is called_______
d. During DNA replication, an open section of DNA, in which a DNA polymerase can replicate DNA, is called a_______
e. ________are the short sections of DNA that are synthesized on the lagging strand of the replicating DNA.

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a. After replication is complete, the new DNAs, called daughter DNA , are identical to each other.

b. The new DNA strand that grows continuously in the 5' to 3' direction is called the leading strand

c. The enzyme that can replicate DNA is called DNA polymerase

d. During DNA replication, an open section of DNA, in which a DNA polymerase can replicate DNA, is called a replication fork

e. Okazaki fragments are the short sections of DNA that are synthesized on the lagging strand of the replicating DNA

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