The enzyme ____ produces ____ DNA that is complementary to mRNA

a. reverse transcriptase; single-stranded
b. reverse transcriptase; double-stranded
c. DNA polymerase; single-stranded
d. DNA polymerase; double-stranded
e. RNA polymerase; single-stranded


ANSWER: a

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