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RNA polymerases carry out transcription at much lower rates than DNA polymerases carry out replication.

Why is greater efficiency more important in replication than in transcription?

Replication does not use proofreading and error$-$correcting mechanisms, which slow the action of RNA polymerases.

The DNA polymers produced by replication are more stable than the RNA polymers produced by transcription.

The product of replication is larger than the product of transcription by orders of magnitude, and DNA polymerases are faster to compensate.

Transcription uses enzymes other than RNA polymerase for proofreading and error correcting, whereas DNA polymerases have built$-$in mechanisms for those purposes.

The nucleic acid products of replication require less energy to synthesize than the amino acid products