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In dna how many hydrogen bonds do you need between c and g

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G (guanine) and C (cytosine) undergo a specific hydrogen bonding, whereas A (adenine) bonds specifically with T (thymine, in DNA) or U (uracil, in RNA). The GC pair is bound by three hydrogen bonds, while AT and AU pairs are bound by two hydrogen bonds.

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