base pair (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 27
def one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands
def the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
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Hypernym nucleotide, base
Part holonym deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
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Part meronym deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
Hyponym nucleotide, base

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