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#Question id: 3884


Compared with DNA polymerase, reverse transcriptase: 

#XL - Q Biochemistry
  1. does not require a primer to initiate synthesis.

  2. introduces no errors into genetic material because it synthesizes RNA, not DNA.

  3. makes fewer errors in synthesizing a complementary polynucleotide.

  4. makes more errors because it lacks the 3'  5' proofreading exonuclease activity