DNA polymerase has the ability to match the nucleotide base in the parental strand with a free nucleotide that is complementary to that base. It then forms the covalent bonds between the nucleotides in the growing daughter strand of DNA. True or False?

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DNA polymerase does indeed have the ability to match nucleotide bases in the parental strand with free nucleotides that are complementary to those bases, and then it forms the covalent bonds between the nucleotides in the new, growing daughter strand of DNA. This is how DNA replication occurs during cell division.

DNA Polymerase Has the Ability to Match the Nucleotide Base