A. Explain why telomeres and telomerase are needed for the replication of eukaryotic chromosomes but not for

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A. Explain why telomeres and telomerase are needed for the replication of eukaryotic chromosomes but not for the replication of circular bacterial chromosomes. Draw a diagram to illustrate your explanation.

B. Would you still need telomeres and telomerase to complete eukaryotic chromosome replication if primase always laid down the RNA primer at the very 3ʹ end of the template for the lagging strand?

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Essential Cell Biology

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Authors: Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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