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What role do hydrogen bonds play in the DNA molecule? A. Hydrogen bonds link complementary nitrogenous bases, thus keeping the two strands of DNA parallel to each other. B. Hydrogen bonds link the two strands of DNA end to end during transcription and translation. C. Hydrogen bonds link the two strands of DNA end to end during transcription only. D. Hydrogen bonds link deoxyribose sugars to ribose sugars.E. No answer is correct.

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The DNA molecule has different types of bonds, the hydrogen bonds are important to maintain their double helix structure because the nucleotides pairs are united by hydrogen bonds; guhnine pairs with cytosine, and aAenine pairs with thymine.

This means A. Hydrogen bonds link complementary nitrogenous bases, thus keeping the two strands of DNA parallel to each other, it's the right answer.

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