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The central dogma of molecular biology describes the flow of information from DNA to RNA to:

Answer: protein.

  • A protein
  • B fat
  • C carbohydrate
  • D water

Correct answer: A. protein

Explanation: Information flows DNA → RNA → protein.

The Replication Forkhelicase (unwinds fork)leading strand (continuous, 5'→3')lagging strand: Okazaki fragments (discontinuous)

Helicase unwinds the double helix at the replication fork; one new strand (leading) is synthesised continuously toward the fork, while the other (lagging) must be made in short, separate Okazaki fragments because DNA polymerase only adds nucleotides 5'→3'.

Concept context

DNA structure, replication, transcription, translation, the genetic code, and gene regulation (lac operon). The single most important chapter for NEET molecular biology.

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