When reverse transcriptase is used in the oligo(T)-primed synthesis of double-stranded DNA from a specific cellular mRNA,

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When reverse transcriptase is used in the oligo(T)-primed synthesis of double-stranded DNA from a specific cellular mRNA, the aggregate length of the resulting double stranded cDNA is sometimes twice as long as that of the mRNA template. Explain this phenomenon?
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Fundamentals of biochemistry Life at the Molecular Level

ISBN: 978-0470547847

4th edition

Authors: Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet, Charlotte W. Pratt

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