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Thymine can only pair with adenine and guanine can only pair with cytosine due to the base-pairing rule.
the types that occur are complementary and antiparallel. For example, DNA A will pair with RNA U and DNA C will pair with RNA G.
Yes. Adenine+Guanine, or Cytosine+Thymine; each is a pyrimidine/purine pair.
Base pair complementarity ensures faithful DNA replication. Remember that a base can only pair with a definite pair and not with just about any base therefore this ensures high fidelity of replication. If guanine can only pair with cytosine the same way that adenine can .only pair with thymine then the copying of the DNA will be accurate.
It refers to the binding preferences between the nucleotides.Adenine has an affinity for base pairing with thymine, while guanine base pairs with cytosine.Uracil base pairs with adenine in Rna.This ' base pair' bonding is actually based upon the weaker yet no less bio-specific Hydrogen Bonding system. One nucleotide base pair shares two Hydrogen bonds while the other nucleotide base pair shares three Hydrogen bonds: hence the slight changes in shapes that guarantee absolute specificity of replication and transcription.
Base pairing refers to the pairing of complimentary nitrogen bases, either during DNA replication, or transcription and translation. In DNA, the bases adenine and thymine pair together, and guanine and cytosine pair together. In RNA, the base uracil takes the place of the base thymine. The bases that pair together are said to be complimentary to each other.
Pyrimidines.
The base pairing-rules for DNA are that, only the Nitrogen Bases of DNA which are; Adenine "A"-which only pairs with-Thymine "T", and Cytosine "C"-which only pairs with-Guanine "G" can only pair to one another within that sequence.Posted By; JoelBaum24
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Thymine can only pair with adenine and guanine can only pair with cytosine due to the base-pairing rule.
Which of the following would indicate a base pairing mutation in DNA?1) an A paired with a T2) a C paired with a G3) a G paired with a T4) all the above are improrer base pairsThe correct answer is #3A should pair with T and G should pair with CIf A paired with C or G paired with T it would be a base pairing mutation.
the types that occur are complementary and antiparallel. For example, DNA A will pair with RNA U and DNA C will pair with RNA G.
A basepair is a pair of nucleotides on opposite complementary DNA or RNA strands which are connected via hydrogen bonds.
Yes. Adenine+Guanine, or Cytosine+Thymine; each is a pyrimidine/purine pair.
The rule A-T; C-G is a complementary base pair, and is semi-conservative replication. The Hydrogen bonds will always pair in these exact pairs.
Guanine and Cytosine (G and C) always pair up and Thymine and Adenine (T and A) always pair up. This is known as the base pairing rule.
Complementary base pairing is necessary because it ensures the fidelity of the DNA sequence during replication. Because only one base can pair with only one other, the two daughter strands of DNA made during replication will be the exact same as the original parent strand. If this were not the case DNA replication would result in random DNA sequences.