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A Mutation Causes the Sliding DNA Clamp to Operate Less

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A mutation causes the sliding DNA clamp to operate less efficiently.What is the most likely consequence of this mutation?


A) The leading strand becomes the lagging strand.
B) Okazaki fragments are not joined together.
C) Okazaki fragments are produced.
D) The helicase does not function efficiently.
E) DNA replication proceeds more slowly.

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