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Suppose a new species of bacterium is discovered. it contains a form of dna pol iii that can add new nucleotides to either the 5' end or the 3' end of an existing strand. all other properties of the enzyme remain unchanged. how would dna replication in these bacteria differ from normal replication

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User Haywood
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Both new strands could be synthesized continuously.
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User Fred Yang
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