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What is the number of hydrogen bonds between adenine and thymine and guanine and cytosine in a DNA molecule?
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What is the number of hydrogen bonds between adenine and thymine and guanine and cytosine in a DNA molecule?

A.

3,2

B.

2, 4

C.

4, 2

D.

2, 3

Correct option is D

the bases in two strands are paired through hydrogen bond forming base pairs in a DNA molecule, adenine forms 2-hydrogen bonds with thymine and guanine is bonded with cytosine with 3-hydrogen bonds as a result always a purine comes opposite to a pyrimidine, this generates approximately uniform distance between the two strands of the DNA helix.

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