Discontinuous replication refers to the fact that
A. DNA synthesis begins at multiple origins of replication.
B. one of the daughter strands of a replicated piece of DNA is made in short fragments that are joined together.
C. DNA synthesis is not continuous with RNA synthesis.
D. DNA synthesis starts and stops many times before completed.
Ans: B. one of the daughter strands of a replicated piece of DNA is made in short fragments that are joined together.
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