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NEET · Biology · Molecular Basis of Inheritance · Replication Direction

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Item
    Read template 3'→5'; synthesise 5'→3' toward fork
    Answer
    left
  2. Item
    Synthesised away from fork, in fragments
    Answer
    right
  3. Item
    Needs only one primer at origin
    Answer
    left
  4. Item
    Needs multiple primers (Okazaki)
    Answer
    right
  5. Item
    Ligase joins ends
    Answer
    right
  6. Item
    Single, smooth elongation
    Answer
    left
Categories
Left
Continuous (leading)
Right
Discontinuous (lagging)
Instructions
Sort each event by strand type.
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