What is the role of the enzyme ligase in DNA replication?
A) It unzips the double-stranded DNA.
B) It links the gaps between Okasaki fragments in the lagging strand.
C) It breaks the hydrogen bonds that hold the two strands of the DNA together.
D) It matches new bases to the old strand by complementary base-pairing.
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