Individual Cells Do Not Survive for the Entire Lifetime of an Organism

question 38

Multiple Choice

Individual cells do not survive for the entire lifetime of an organism because

• A) the enzyme telomerase is readily destroyed by the environment,resulting in cell death.
• B) DNA replication is subject to errors that cause cell death.
• C) Okazaki fragments disrupt protein synthesis,resulting in cell death.
• D) the repeating telomeric sequence of TTAGGG interferes with normal DNA replication and leads to cell death.
• E) the removal of the RNA primer following DNA replication leads to a shortening of the chromosome and eventual cell death.

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