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Question
Give a reason for the following observations:
The two strands in DNA are complementary to each other.
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Solution
Because hydrogen bonds occur between certain pairs of bases, the two strands of DNA are complementary to each other. Adenine and thymine form hydrogen bonds, but cytosine and guanine form hydrogen bonds.
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