Later, when the new strand is itself copied ... whereas the other is called the lagging strand. The leading strand is synthesized continuously, as shown in Figure 5. In contrast, the lagging ...

and each strand would pair with a newly synthesized strand. Afterward, only half of the new DNA double helices would be hybrids; the other half would be completely new. Every subsequent round of ...

and each strand serves as a template for synthesizing a new complementary strand. Adenine on the template strand will always pair with thymine on the newly synthesized strand, ensuring accurate ...