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Question
The fact that a purine base always paired through hydrogen bonds with a pyrimidine base leads to, in the DNA double helix ______.
Options
uniform width throughout DNA
uniform length in all DNA
the semiconservative nature
the antiparallel nature
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Solution
The fact that a purine base always paired through hydrogen bonds with a pyrimidine base leads to, in the DNA double helix uniform width throughout DNA.
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