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๐Ÿ“… NSB 2011๐ŸŽ“ MS๐Ÿ”„ Round 13#๏ธโƒฃ Question 5๐ŸŒŸ BONUS๐Ÿ“ Multiple Choice

Because DNA polymerase (read as: poh-LIM-eh-rayz) is not able to synthesize DNA in the 3 prime to the 5 prime direction, how do eukaryotes (read as: yuh-KEHR-ee-รตets) prevent loss of base pair sequences from chromosome ends?

W) Mismatch repair
X) Nucleotide excision repair
Y) Topoisomerase (read as: tรตe-pรตe-y-SOH-meh-rayz) winds up DNA ends
Z) Telomerase (read as: te-Lร•E-meh-rayz) adds sequence repeats
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