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What are the 2 jobs of DNA polymerase?

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DNA polymerase creates two new strands that are identical to those that already exist. DNA polymerase adds nucleotides to the three prime end of a DNA strand one nucleotide at a time.
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Forms new strands of DNA and forms bonds between nucleotides it also has proofreading abilities

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