What role does DNA polymerase play in copying DNA?

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DNA polymerase is the enzyme that joins nucleotides together to make a new DNA strand. Other proteins separate the original DNA strands, but DNA polymerase makes new DNA.
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It can add free nucleotides to a forming DNA strand for replication
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