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The Complexity of Lagging Strand Replication Is Necessary Because

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The complexity of lagging strand replication is necessary because:


A) there is room for only a single DNA polymerase III enzyme in the replisome.
B) the helicase can only unwind double-helical DNA slowly.
C) as polymerization occurs only in the 5′ to 3′ direction,the lagging strand must be synthesized in consecutive small fragments.
D) the RNA primase works better on the leading strand DNA.
E) DNA polymerase I is more often associated with the lagging strand.

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