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Guanine cannot pair with thymine. The...

Guanine cannot pair with thymine.
These nitrogenous bases do not have a perfect match between hydrogen donor and hydrogen acceptor.

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If both (A) and (R ) are true and (R ) is the correct explanation of (A).

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If both (A) and (R ) are true but (R ) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C

If (A) is true but (R ) is false.

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If both (A) and (R ) are false.

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