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Denaturation of Nucleic Acids A duplex DNA oligonucleotide in which one of the strands has the sequence TAATACGACTCACTATAGGG has a melting temperature (tm) of 59 °C. If an RNA duplex oligonucleotide of identical sequence (substituting U for T) is constructed, will its melting temperature be higher or lower?

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Answer: it will be higher

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It will be higher because RNA has a higher thermal stability than DNA

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