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what property allows the leading strand of the replication fork to proceed more rapidly than the lagging strand?

A) the DNA unwinds more rapidly

B) fewer nucleosomes to remove

C)greater helices activity

D) polarity of the template DNA



QUESTION 39 What property allows the leading strand of the replication fork to proceed more rapidly than the lagging strand?
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