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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · Biomolecules

The number of hydrogen bonds between guanine and cytosine; and between adenine and thymine in DNA is

  1. A \(1.2\)
  2. B \(3,2\)
  3. C \(3,1\)
  4. D \(2,1\)
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(B) \(3,2\)

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The only possible pairing in DNA are between \(\mathrm{G}\) (guanine) and \(\mathrm{C}\) (cytosine) through three \(\mathrm{H}\)-bonds i.e., \((\mathrm{C} \equiv \mathrm{G})\) and between A (adenine) and \(\mathrm{T}\) (thymine) through two \(\mathrm{H}\)-bonds (i.e.,…