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Explain the two factors responsible for conferring stability to double helix structure of DNA.

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Factors responsible for conferring stability to helix xtructure of DNA.
(i) Presence of hydrogen bond in between base pair stacks confers stability to DNA.
(ii) Presence of thymine at the place of uracil gives more stability to DNA.
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