Question

Replication and Transcription both use polymerase enzymes to read template DNA and synthesize a new strand of nucleic acid, however, each process is unique. List or describe several things that are different between these 2 processes.

Answer 1

REPLICATION	TRANSCRIPTION
Involves replication of DNA in which half of the strand is original while half of the strand is newly synthesised.	Synthesis of RNA using DNA as a template
DNA helicase, DNA polymerase are the enzymes required	DNA helicase, RNA polymerase are the enzymes required
occurs in S phase of cell cycle	Occurs in G1 and G2 phase of cell cycle
It requires RNA primer to start replication	It does not require RNA primer
It involves copying of entire genome	It involves copying of some individual genes,