The energy to form the new bonds between nucleotides in a growing DNA strand is provided primarily by ____
a. unwinding of the DNA double helix
b. hydrolysis of pyrophosphate
c. breaking hydrogen bonds between base pairs
d. DNA helicase
e. forming hydrogen bonds between base pairs
ANSWER: b
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