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Explain why the base-pairing rules exist. Why, exactly, must adenine base-pair with thymine, and guanine base-pair with cytosine?
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Adenine (A) must base-pair with thymine (T), and guanine (G) must base-pair with cytosine (C) for the following reasons: Show more…
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