The degree to which the enzyme remains associated with the template through successive cycles of nucleotide addition is referred to as: a. turn-over number. b. dissociativity. c. progression. d. semidiscontinuousness e. processivity.

Processivity.

Explanation:

DNA requires various enzymes and chemical factors to undergo the process of replication. The enzymes are required to catalyze the reaction and the addition of nucleotide on a template DNA.

Processivity is the enzyme ability by which the number of nucleotide are added in the template molecule by the enzyme DNA Polymerase during replication. The processivity also determines the association of enzyme with the template strand.

Thus, the correct answer is option (e).