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Parent DNA strand reads:

3' ATGCACCGAAT 5'

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Since DNA replication moves along the parent strand in the 5' to 3' direction, replication can occur very easily on the leading strand. As seen in, the nucleotides are added in the 5' to 3' direction.
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