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Question

Rolling circle replicationـــــــــــــــــــــــ .
A)begins when the origin of replication is pulled apart to generate a replication bubble
B)occurs at the origin of vegetative replication
C)begins when the origin of replication is nicked and one strand is unrolled
D)occurs when a plasmid replicates in step with host cell division

Accepted Answer

Rolling circle replication begins when the origin of replication is nicked and one strand is unrolled. This process is commonly seen in the replication of certain types of circular DNA molecules, such as plasmids and some viruses.