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Biologists use ball-and-stick models to study complex molecules by representing atoms with balls and bonds with sticks. DNA is a biological molecule that contains millions of atoms. What is a limitation
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Biologists use ball-and-stick models to study complex molecules by representing atoms with balls and bonds with sticks. DNA

is a biological molecule that contains millions of atoms. What is a limitation of using a ball-and-stick model for DNA?

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Some kinds of atoms that are found in DNA must be left out of the models. DNA has so many atoms that the size and cost of a model could be too great. It is impossible to distinguish different kinds of atoms with models.

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