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Replication and transcription are simila...

Replication and transcription are similar processes in mechanistic terms because both:

A

Use RNA primers for intiation

B

Use deoxyribonucleotides as precursors

C

Are semiconserved events

D

Invovle phosphodiester bond formation with elongation occuring in the 5'-3' direction.

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