When DNA polymerase encounters thymine in the parental strand, what does it add to the growing daughter strand?

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When DNA polymerase encounters thymine in the parental strand, it adds complementary nucleotide adenine to the growing daughter strand through base pairing. Thymine always pairs with adenine, not uracil, and deoxyribose and phosphate groups are already present in the nucleotide triphosphate substrates used by DNA polymerase to add nucleotides to the daughter strand.

When DNA Polymerase Encounters Thymine in the Parental Strand, What