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The two strands of DNA are not identical but are complementary. Explain this statement.

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The two strands of the DNA molecules are said to be complementary to each other in the sense that the sequence of bases in one strand outomatically controls that of the other. This specific base pairing is the most important principle of the structure of DNA.
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