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Semiconservative DNA replication by Polδ and Polε. (A) Canonical replication by the replicative polymerases Polδ and Polε. (B) Polδ and Polε are unable to replicate damaged DNA. Instead, a group of specialized polymerases are recruited to perform translesion synthesis (TLS).