Okazaki fragment
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- Replicated DNA fragments formed on the lagging strand in DNA synthesis from a double-stranded template. The fragments are subsequently joined together by DNA ligase. See: primosome.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - lagging strand, leading strand, Replication, replication fork, semi-conservative replication, Semiconservative replication