DNA is unwound, Hydrogen bonds between bases are broken to form two template strands, Primers binds to the 3’ end of the template DNA strands, DNA polymerase adds complementary DNA nucleotides to the 3' end of each strand, The ‘leading strand’ is replicated continuously , The ‘lagging strand’ is replicated in fragments, The fragments are joined together by ligase.

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