MCAT Question of the Day
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    Q:

    		 Semidiscontinuous synthesis of one daughter strand in conjunction with continuous synthesis of the other daughter strand arises due to:
    		 

    A

    		 the pairing tendencies of purines and pyrimidines.

    B

    		 covalent bonding in the DNA backbone.

    C

    		 the antiparallel orientation of the parent DNA strands.

    D

    		 the necessity of a poly-A tail at the end of strand synthesis.



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