Assertion : Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates serve dual purposes, in addition to acting as substrates, they provide energy for polymerisation reaction.
Reason : Form DNA strand and its two terminal phosphates in a deoxynucleoside triphosphates are high-energy phosphates, same as in case of ATP.
- AAssertion and reason both are true and the reason is correct explanation of assertion.
- BAssertion and reason both are true but reason is not correct explanation of assertion.
- CAssertion is true but reason is wrong.
- DAssertion and reason both are wrong.
✓ Correct answer: A
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