In DNA replication, ____________.

A. DNA polymerase splices the short segments of the lagging strand together.
B. only introns are replicated.
C. the two existing strands are not used as templates.
D. the leading strand is formed as a continuous strand.
E. new nucleotides are added at the 5' end of the growing DNA strand.


Ans: D. the leading strand is formed as a continuous strand.

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B) variable segment
C) light chain
D) heavy chain
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