During the elongation stage
A)replication proteins assemble at the DNA replication site.
B)DNA is replicated semiconservatively.
C)the protein machine disassembles.
D)replication ends.

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During the elongation stage of DNA replication, the newly synthesized strand of DNA is elongated by the sequential addition of nucleotides according to the base-pairing rules. This results in the replication of DNA in a semiconservative manner, where each newly synthesized double-stranded DNA molecule has one original parental strand and one newly synthesized daughter strand. Replication proteins continue to be involved in the elongation stage, but they do not assemble at the replication site. The protein machine also does not disassemble during the elongation stage as it is required for the entire process of DNA replication to be completed. Replication only ends once the associated DNA polymerase reaches the end of the template strand or encounters a blockage/stall in the replication fork.

During the Elongation Stage