The DNA polymerase that replicates the parental strand of DNA reads the parental DNA from 5' to 3" and makes a new DNA strand from 3' to 5'.

a. true
b. false


Answer: b. false

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a. 1
b. 5
c. 6
d. 9
e. 10

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