Multiple Choice
You are studying DNA replication using a strain of yeast whose DNA polymerase is reported to have an error rate of 10-6 bases per cell cycle.However,your analyses of DNA sequences after DNA replication indicate that the error rate is closer to 10-10.What may explain your results?
A) The yeast expresses high levels of DNA ligase.
B) The yeast has a mismatch repair system.
C) RNA polymerase has high fidelity.
D) The DNA polymerase can tolerate high temperatures.
E) The DNA polymerase is processive.
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