replication fork
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- Y shaped structure associated with DNA replication. It represents the point at which the strands of double-stranded DNA are separated so that replication can proceed.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - lagging strand, leading strand, Okazaki fragment, Replication, semi-conservative replication, Semiconservative replication