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The elongation of the DNA strand during DNA synthesis

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progresses away from the replication fork
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occurs in the 3’ to 5’ direction
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depends on the action of RNA polymerase
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depends on the action of DNA polymerase
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The correct option is D depends on the action of DNA polymerase
One of the key molecules in DNA replication are the enzymes, DNA-dependent DNA polymerases. They add nucleotides one by one to the growing DNA chain. This leads to the elongation of the DNA strand during the process of replication/DNA synthesis.

The process of eukaryotic replication occurs within the replication forks, which are small openings of the DNA helix.

The elongation of the DNA strand occurs in the 5'-3' direction of the strand being synthesised.

A primer must be synthesised by an enzyme called primase, which is a type of RNA polymerase, before DNA replication can occur.

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