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After the 2 nucleotides have been broken What do the newly single strands act as?

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Template for the synthesis of two double stranded DNA molecules identical to the original.

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What does helicase do?

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Unwinds the DNA and separates the double stranded DNA by breaking the hydrogen bonds between complementary base pairs.

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What is DNA polymerase?

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Type of enzyme that synthesis new strands from the 2 parental template molecules

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In the environment of nucleoplasm what are there?

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Many free-floating deoxynucleoside triphosphate

Nucleotides with 3 phosphate groups

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What do the free-floating deoxynucledoside triphosphates do?

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Align opposite their complementary base partner and covalently bond together with it

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How are the free-floating nucleotides covalently bonded together?

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Catalysed by the enzyme DNA polymerase which forms a complementary nucleotide chain

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Draw an example of the double helix being unwound

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Do it

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What is the significance of complementary base pairing?

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Each nitrogenous bases only pair with its complementary partner- therefore when DNA is replicated its 2 new strands will be identical to original strand

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Draw an example of the new DNA with the 2 new strands.

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Do it martha

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