DNA polymerase lengthens a polynucleotide strand by
A) building short DNA fragments and linking them together.
B) adding lost DNA sequences to the 3´ end.
C) linking purines with pyrimidines.
D) covalently linking new nucleotides to a previously existing strand.
E) threading the existing DNA through a replication complex.
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