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Replication
Question

Identify the incorrect statement(s).
(a)  Interstitial phosphodiester bonds in a polynucleotide chain are hydrolysed by exonucleases.
(b) The primer in DNA replication is a helix stabilising protein.
(c) DNA duplication occurs during S phase of interphase.

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Solution

Interstitial (neither first nor last) phosphodiester bonds in a polynucleotide chain are hydrolysed by endonucleases but not exonucleases
The primer in DNA replication is a small ribonucleotide polymer.
DNA duplication occurs during S phase of interphase.

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