Question

Multiple replication forks tend to slow down replication.

Select one:
True
False

Answer 1

Multiple replication forks tend to slow down replication.

Step-by-step explanation:

True

Multiple replication forks tend to slow down replication. This is because each replication fork moves at a rate of 1000 nucleotides per second (Source: LibreTexts™). Additionally, the replication of the lagging strand occurs in the direction away from the replication fork in short stretches of DNA, resulting in pieces of DNA being replicated in a discontinuous fashion (Source: Cairn's suggestion and others). Multiple origins of replication, which form multiple (unsynchronized) replicons, also ensure complete replication in the S phase of the cell cycle (Source: Unknown).