Differentiate between continuous and discontinuous synthesis of DNA. – InterviewSolution

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Differentiate between continuous and discontinuous synthesis of DNA.

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Continuous	Discontinuous
(a) One stand of DNA is synthesised as a continuous strech in the 5′ —>3′ direction.	(a) Short stretches are synthesised in the 5’—>3′ direction from replication fork
(b) The template strand of DNA strand is with 3’—>5′ polarity.	(b) The DNA strand with 5′ —> 3′ polarity is the template strand for this.
(c) No need of enzyme ligase (for joining)	(c) DNA ligase enzyme is required for joining short stretches.
(d) There is no need for primers.	(d) There is need for primers.

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