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When two strands of dna line up, adenine always pairs up with ?

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It’s the one with a t

Apples in the tree (A to T)
Car in the garage (C to G)

That’s how I remember
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Step-by-step explanation:

DNA means deoxyribonucleic acid. It is present in all the living beings and it is considered as the main component of chromosomes.

Bases present in a DNA molecule are adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T).

Also, it is known that adenine will always pair with thymine and vice-versa. Whereas guanine will always pair with cytosine and vice-versa.

Therefore, we can conclude that when two strands of DNA line up, adenine always pairs up with thymine.

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