HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
Question
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guanine and adenine
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adenine and cytosine
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adenine and thymine
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thymine and guanine
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Detailed explanation-1: -Attached to each sugar is one of four bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) [GWA-NeeN] or thymine (T). The two strands are held together by hydrogen bonds between pairs of bases: adenine pairs with thymine, and cytosine pairs with guanine.
Detailed explanation-2: -Molecules called nucleotides, on opposite strands of the DNA double helix, that form chemical bonds with one another. These chemical bonds act like rungs in a ladder and help hold the two strands of DNA together.
Detailed explanation-3: -DNA base pair. Under normal circumstances, the nitrogen-containing bases adenine (A) and thymine (T) pair together, and cytosine (C) and guanine (G) pair together. The binding of these base pairs forms the structure of DNA.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hydrogen bond (H-bond) binds the nitrogen bases between the two strands of DNA.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the helical structure of DNA, the two strands are held together by hydrogen bonds between specific pairs of bases. Cytosine forms hydrogen bond with guanine, while adenine forms hydrogen bond with thymine. As a result, the two strands are complementary to each other.