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What is it about DNA structure and its replication that causes there to be a leading and a lagging strand at each fork? What is meant by discontinuous vs continuous synthesis? 

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00:03 Which is dna synthesis intermittent? i'm sorry, why is dna synthesis intermittent in a discontinuous strand and how are discontinuous pieces joined together to form a continuous strand? well, in the lagging strand, you'll see discontinuous pieces, and that's because it's not in the orientation as the leading strand...
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