The lagging strand is characterized by a series of short segments of DNA that will be joined together to form a finished lagging strand. The experiments that led to this discovery of Okazaki fragments gave evidence for which of the four following ideas?
A) DNA is a polymer consisting of four monomers: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine
B) DNA polymerase is a directional enzyme that synthesizes leading and lagging strands during replication
C) DNA is a genetic material
D) Bacterial replication is fundamentally different from eukaryotic replication. The key shouldn't be way longer than the distractors.
Answer: B) DNA polymerase is a directional enzyme that synthesizes leading and lagging strands during replication