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DNA replication starts in the `5^' rarr 3^'` direction because :

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DNA polymerase I performs editing function

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DNA polymerase I is responsible for polymerization

C

DNA polymerase II can link up only in `5^'rarr3^'` direction

D

DNA polymerase III can polymerize the nucleotides in the `5^'rarr3^'`

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