BASE PAIR
\bˈe͡ɪs pˈe͡ə], \bˈeɪs pˈeə], \b_ˈeɪ_s p_ˈeə]\
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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; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
By Princeton University
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