Sequences of DNA that are identical when read from the 5' to 3' direction on one strand and the 3' to 5' direction on the other strand are ________.

A. palindromes
B. reverse transcriptases
C. restriction endonucleases
D. ligases
E. DNA polymerases


Answer: A

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