What is the function of dna ligase? a. elongate eukaryotic chromosomes by adding additional sequence on the 5' end. b. connect okazaki fragments to form a continuous strand of dna. c. eliminate dna supercoiling to assist with the movement of the dna replication fork. d. connect rna nucleotides together to assist in the initiation of dna replication. e. add complementary nucleotides to the free 3' oh of a growing nucleic acid strand.