SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Adenine bonds with ____
A
Guanine
B
Thymine
C
Cytosine
D
Adenine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Adenine-Thymine base pair is held together by 2 hydrogen bonds while the Guanine-Cytosine base pair is held together by 3 hydrogen bonds. That is also the reason why the two strands of a DNA molecule can be separated more easily at sections that are densely populated by A-T base pairs.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is a truth universally acknowledged that a guanine–cytosine (GC) base pair has three hydrogen bonds whereas adenine–thymine (AT) has two.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reason: Adenine specifically forms hydrogen bonds with guanine whereas cytosine forms hydrogen bonds with thymine.

Detailed explanation-4: -Adenine, pairing with T in DNA, is usually represented as bonding with two hydrogen bonds, holding the DNA together.

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