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What are the examples of complementary base pairs?
Posted April 5, 2024
Answer
In DNA, adenine (A) forms hydrogen bonds with thymine (T), and cytosine (C) forms hydrogen bonds with guanine (G). In RNA, uracil (U) replaces thymine (T) as the complementary base to adenine (A).
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