Rolling circle replication:
A) Is only found in viruses and bacteria.
B) Proceeds bidirectionally.
C) Is initiated by an exonucleolytic cleavage event.
D) Can only produce single-stranded progeny molecules.
E) Generates single-stranded tails longer than length of the parent circular molecule.

Question

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Rolling circle replication generates single-stranded tails longer than the length of the parent circular molecule as it continuously synthesizes DNA around the circular template.

Rolling Circle Replication