Essential Cell Biology, 4th Edition

by Alberts, Bruce; Bray, Dennis; Hopkin, Karen; Johnson, Alexander D,; Lewis, Julian; Raff, Martin; Roberts, Keith; Walter, Peter

Published by Garland Science

ISBN 10: 0815344546

ISBN 13: 978-0-81534-454-4

Chapter 6 - DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination - Questions - Page 221: Question 6-7 B

Answer

False

Work Step by Step

Okazaki fragments are short, discontinuous pieces of DNA synthesized on the lagging strand during DNA replication. They are removed by a nuclease that degrades DNA, not RNA.

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