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Look at the picture below, showing a replicating telomere after the RNA primer has fallen off the bottom strand. On this end of the chromosome (i.e., the right), onto which strand will telomerase add nucleotides, in order to lengthen the telomere? If you've forgotten, remember that telomerase acts in the same direction as other polymerases.A. The strand that ends with the 3'B. Neither strandC. Both strandsD. The strand that ends with the 5'
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