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Mammalian DNA consists of two strands. These are know to be complementary following the Watson Crick base pairing rule, A-T and C-G. | Mammalian [[DNA|DNA]] consists of two strands. These are know to be complementary following the [[Watson-Crick_base_pairing|Watson Crick base pairing rule]], A-T and C-G. | ||
For example if the top strand reads AGGTTCAG the bottom strand must read TCCAAGTC. This is complementary as it follows the base pairing rules. | For example if the top strand reads AGGTTCAG the bottom strand must read TCCAAGTC. This is complementary as it follows the base pairing rules. |
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Mammalian DNA consists of two strands. These are know to be complementary following the Watson Crick base pairing rule, A-T and C-G.
For example if the top strand reads AGGTTCAG the bottom strand must read TCCAAGTC. This is complementary as it follows the base pairing rules.