Without the ______ on the End of the Telomeres,DNA Polymerase

question 35

Multiple Choice

Without the ______ on the end of the telomeres,DNA polymerase reads the ends of the telomeres as strand breaks and initiates the DNA repair mechanism.

• A)telomerase
• B)repetitive G and T bases
• C)primase
• D)end cap

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Definitions:

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