The lagging strand is characterized by a series of short segments of dna (okazaki fragments) that will be joined together to form a finished lagging strand. the experiments that led to the discovery of okazaki fragments gave evidence for which of the following ideas? the lagging strand is characterized by a series of short segments of dna (okazaki fragments) that will be joined together to form a finished lagging strand. the experiments that led to the discovery of okazaki fragments gave evidence for which of the following ideas? dna polymerase is a directional enzyme that synthesizes leading and lagging strands during replication. dna is the genetic material. dna is a polymer consisting of four monomers: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. bacterial replication is fundamentally different from eukaryotic replication. the key shouldnt be way longer than the distractors.