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Reverse transcriptase is

A. DNA dependent DNA polymerase

B. DNA dependent RNA polymerase

C. RNA dependent DNA polymerase

D. RNA dependent RNA polymerase

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Reverse transcriptase is DNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
Reverse transcriptase (RT), also known as RNA-dependent DNA polymerase, is a DNA polymerase enzyme that transcribes single-stranded RNA into DNA.
This enzyme can synthesize a double helix DNA once the RNA has been reverse-transcribed in the first step into a single-strand DNA.

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