Okazaki fragments are
A)small sections of DNA that do not code for protein found within a gene.
B)protein fragments released from a proteasome.
C)small sections of newly formed DNA, built on the lagging (5' to 3')template strand.
D)small sections of nonsense code found between genes.
E)sections of newly formed DNA, built on the leading (3' to 5')template strand.

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Okazaki fragments are short sequences of DNA nucleotides which are synthesized discontinuously and later linked together by the enzyme DNA ligase to create the lagging strand during DNA replication.

Okazaki Fragments Are