Okazaki fragment

== English == === Etymology === Named after Japanese molecular biologist Reiji Okazaki (1930–1975), the leader of its discoverers in the 1960s. === Noun === Okazaki fragment (plural Okazaki fragments) (genetics, often in the plural) One of many short, newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand (i.e. lagging strand) during DNA replication. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== lagging strand