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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how come that rna synthesis does not require a primer like that of DNA replication?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It's a different biologocial process. RNA polymerase doesn't require a primer, just a DNA sequence to use as a template. What's more the Primase that creates the primer for the DNA polymerase, it's actually an RNA polymerase.

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