In a nucleus, the number of ribonucleoside triphosphates is $10$ times the number of deoxy $x10$ ribonucleoside triphosphates, but only deoxy\ ribonucleotides are added during the $DNA$ replication. Suggest a mechanism.

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$DNA$ polymerase is highly specific to recognise only deoxy ribonucleoside triphosphates. Therefore it cannot hold $RNA$ nucleotides,

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