chapter 14 Biomolecules Class 12 Chemistry Textbook Solution

2. Give scientific reasons :

ii. On complete hydrolysis DNA gives equimolar quantities of adenine and thymine.

Answer:-

    1. In the DNA double helix, both strands exhibit complementarity, which means the number of bases on each strand is identical and corresponds in a complementary manner.

    2. Adenine pairs with thymine in DNA, resulting in an equal number of adenine bases on one strand and thymine bases on the other.

    Thus, upon complete hydrolysis, DNA yields equimolar quantities of adenine and thymine.

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