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Q. In E. coli, DNA replication starts at:

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Molecular Basis of Inheritance

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DNA replication does not initiate randomly at any place in DNA. Replication starts at specific region termed as the origin of replication. In eukaryotes, there are multiple origins of replication but in prokaryotes, there is an only a single origin of replication.