Define the following terms: Replication fork and Transcription.

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(N/A) $1$. Replication fork: For long $DNA$ molecules,since the two strands of $DNA$ cannot be separated in their entire length,the replication occurs within a small opening of the $DNA$ helix,which is referred to as the replication fork.
$2$. Transcription: The process of copying genetic information from one strand of the $DNA$ into $RNA$ is termed as transcription.

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