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_______ and _______ proofread the newly formed strand and remove and replace any incorrectly paired nucleotides.
Epsilon and delta DNA polymerases proofread the newly formed strand and remove and replace incorrectly paired nucleotides.
During DNA replication process, the incorrectly paired bases are corrected by DNA repair process. In our body, we have three repair mechanisms namely proofreading, mismatch repair, and excision repair mechanisms.
Proofreading mechanism is performed by DNA polymerase that ensures accurate DNA replication. If it recognises any mismatched pairs, remove it and try to repair with new base pair. In eukaryotes, DNA polymerase epsilon and delta type can perform proof reading.