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fragment d'Okazaki

/fʁaɡ.mɑ̃ d‿ɔ.ka.za.ki/

noun, masculine/fʁaɡ.mɑ̃ d‿ɔ.ka.za.ki/plural: fragments d'Okazaki

Okazaki fragment

Named after Japanese molecular biologist Reiji Okazaki (1930–1975), the leader of its discoverers in the 1960s.