new sections of DNA that are placed along the lagging strand during DNA replication and are joined together by DNA ligase to produce a new DNA strand.

Short lengths of DNA produced on the lagging strand during DNA replication, discovered by R. Okazaki. They are rapidly joined by DNA ligase to form a continuous DNA strand.

the fragments of a DNA strand that are not bonded with each other.

small fragments of DNA that are synthesized on the lagging strand during DNA replication. They are later joined to form a continuous strand by DNA polymerase I and DNA ligase.

Short (1000 bases), single-stranded DNA fragments that are formed during synthesis of the lagging strand in DNA replication and are rapidly joined by DNA ligase to form a continuous DNA strand. ( Figure 12-9)