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During dna replication, the covalent bonding of nucleotides into a new strand of dna is performed by ____.

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During dna replication, the covalent bonding of nucleotides into a new strand of dna is performed by DNA POLYMERASE.

DNA Polymerase is an enzyme discovered by Arthur Kornberg in 1956. It carries out all forms of DNA replication.

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