Q. During replication of a bacterial chromosome DNA synthesis starts from a replication origin site and

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Solution:

The events for initiation of DNA replication in prokaryotes may be classified into [a] pre-priming (occurring only at. the origin); [b] priming (recurring with the initiation of each okazaki fragment during elongation phase. Unwinding of DNA is followed by the synthesis of RNA primers by RNA primase.