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Ashutosh posted an Question
May 23, 2020 • 16:11 pm 30 points
  • IIT JAM
  • Biotechnology (BT)

Eukaryotes differ from prokaryote in mechanism of dna replication due to:

Eukaryotes differ from prokaryote in mechanism of DNA replication due to:

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  • Abhijeet Gaurav best-answer

    Answer is D. Both have semi- discontinous nature of DNA Replication. Semi-discontinuous nature of replication is attributed to the fact that one strand is replicated continuously whereas the other strand in discontinuous fashion. The continuous synthesis here means that the replication only needs one primer, and the replication occurs till the termination site. This strand is called Leading strand. On the counterpart, the discontinuous strand, also called Lagging strand, will have the formation of Okazaki fragments.

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    I'm extremely sorry for this. I actually read the question wrong. Answer is (A) The synthesis of leading & lagging strand in both is by different enzymes. In Prokaryotes it's by DNA Pol III & in eukaryotes it's through DNA Polymerases α, δ and ε (alpha, delta, and epsilon).

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