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Ligation enzymes are used for ligating newly synthesized okazaki fragments. What holds true for okazaki fragments?

(a) Okazaki fragments are short fragments of DNA formed on the leading strand

(b) Okazaki fragments are large fragments of DNA formed on the lagging strand

(c) Okazaki fragments are short fragments of DNA formed on the lagging strand

(d) Okazaki fragments are large fragments of DNA formed on the leading strand

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Right option is (c) Okazaki fragments are short fragments of DNA formed on the lagging strand

Best explanation: Okazaki fragments are short DNA fragments on the lagging template strand during replication. They are complementary to the lagging strand.

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