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Errors in transcription occur about 100,000 times as often as do errors in DNA replication. Explain one way errors in DNA replication are corrected.

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DNA polymerase is one way to directly correct DNA replication errors. It checks the base that has been freshly supplied ahead of the succeding base so a corretion can be done. If it cannot proofread, an outcome of mutation is greatly possible which is considered as an i

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