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Why Are Telomeres Problematic for Eukaryotic Chromosome Replication

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Why are telomeres problematic for eukaryotic chromosome replication?


A) Telomerase is more error- prone than the normal DNA Polymerase.
B) Removal of the lagging strand primer leaves a gap in the one of the strand's DNA sequences.
C) The T loop blocks formation of primers on the lagging strand.
D) They are highly repetitive and thus hard to replicate correctly.
E) Maintaining very long telomeres promotes cancer cell formation.

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