<prompt> Replication and transcription are similar processes in machanistic terms bacause bothUse RNA primers for initiationUse deoxyribonucleotides as precursorsAre semi conserved eventsInvolve phosphodiester bond formation with elongation occurring in the 5 - 3 direction  <response>: In both replication transcription processes, the elongation occurs by the formation of phosphodiester bond in 5 3 direction. 