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A single replication fork showing the leading and lagging strands. The leading strand is synthesised continuously, reading the template 3′ to 5′, synthesising DNA in the 5′ to 3′ direction. The lagging strand is synthesised discontinuously, in short Okazaki fragments (1000 bases in prokaryotes and 100 bases in eukaryotes).
