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The leading and the lagging strands differ in that _____.
a. the lagging strand is synthesized continuously, whereas the leading strand is synthesized in short fragments that are ultimately stitched together .
b. the leading strand is synthesized by adding nucleotides to the 3' end of the growing strand, and the lagging strand is synthesized by adding nucleotides to the 5' end.
c. the leading strand is synthesized in the same direction as the movement of the replication fork, and the lagging strand is synthesized in the opposite direction.
d. the leading strand is synthesized at twice the rate of the lagging strand.

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Answer: Option (C)

Explanation:

The known key difference in between the leading and lagging strand can be described as that leading strand is referred to as DNA strand, that tends to  grows continuously during the process of DNA replication on the other hand  lagging strand is known as DNA strand, which tends to grow discontinuously by formulating the segments referred to as the Okazaki fragments.

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