Usually means: Synthesized continuously during DNA replication.
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▸ noun:  (genetics) The strand of DNA that is synthesized during replication

Similar:
template strand, lagging strand, sense strand, primer, strand, stem-loop, primosome, mononeme, sense, replicore, more...

Opposite:
lagging strand, template strand

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Similar:
template strand, lagging strand, sense strand, primer, strand, stem-loop, primosome, mononeme, sense, replicore, more...

Opposite:
lagging strand, template strand



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