THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
DNA REPLICATION
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Question
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If a strand reads:3’ A A A T T T C 5’The matching strand would read ____
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5’ T T T A A A G 3’
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3’ T T T A A A G 5’
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5’ A A A T T T C 3’
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3’ U U U A A A G 5’
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -DNA is always synthesized in the 5’-to-3’ direction, meaning that nucleotides are added only to the 3’ end of the growing strand. As shown in Figure 2, the 5’-phosphate group of the new nucleotide binds to the 3’-OH group of the last nucleotide of the growing strand.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Elongation of the DNA strand always proceeds in the 5’
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