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In the model of DNA, if the yellow peg represents cytosine, then the green peg MUST be A) adenine. B) guanine. C) thymine. D) uracil.

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I suppose the yellow peg is facing the green peg, in which case the green peg must be guanine.

The bases are associated in pairs. In each pair there is always a purine associated with a pyrimidine. The association is by weak bonds: the hydrogen bonds, two bonds for an AT pair; three links for a GC pair. When we know the sequence of one strand we can deduce the sequence of the other strand. The two strands are oriented opposite to the 3 'and 5' ends (the strands are called antiparallel).

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