The newly forming DNA strand that is discontinuously replicated in the segments (Okazaki fragments) is called the lagging strand.
What is DNA?
- Deoxyribonucleic acid is a kind of DNA.
- All known animals and many viruses contain genetic instructions in the form of a polymer called DNA, which is made up of two polynucleotide chains that coil around one another to form a double helix.
- Nucleic acids include DNA and ribonucleic acid (RNA).
- Nucleic acids are one of the four main categories of macromolecules that are necessary for all known forms of life, along with proteins, lipids, and complex carbohydrates (polysaccharides).
How does DNA get created?
- Nucleotides are chemical building units that make up DNA.
- A phosphate group, a sugar group, and one of four different nitrogen bases make up these building components.
- Nucleotides are joined together into chains, with the phosphate and sugar groups switching places, to create strands of DNA.
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