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Replication starts at a specific origin in the circular duplex DNA. Initially, though, only one of the two parental strands (the H strand in mammalian mitochondrial DNA) is used as a
template for synthesis of a new strand. 

Synthesis proceeds for only a short distance, displacing the original partner (L) strand, which remains single-stranded,






#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes #Extrachromosomal replicons #Part B Pointers