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A closer look at DNA synthesis - 1

Let’s use that test tube model to see how DNA gets made.

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Please answer the questions below.

Question 4.1

Click “add-a-template-DNA strand” again, then “add-deoxyribonucleotides,” and then “go.” Describe what happens.

Question 4.2

Click “add-DNAP,” which adds the enzyme DNA polymerase. What happens now? What does this mean about the role of DNA polymerase?

Question 4.3

If you add more deoxyribonucleotides, what happens to the rate of DNA being built (the process is called replication)?

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