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When DNA replicates, it is "unzipped", or split in half. Each half will be left with only one half of a base pair (A&T, C&G). To make new DNA, the single helix will act as a template to build the complementary single helix, which will in turn create a new double helix. Since each element of a base pair can only pair with its other half, the helix is a map, or template, for the new helix.

The same concept applies when talking about transcription, or the formation of RNA. However, RNA replaces thymine (T) with uracil (U).

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