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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

base′-pair•ing rules′, [Genetics.]

Geneticsconstraints imposed by the molecular structure of DNA and RNA on the formation of hydrogen bonds among the four purine and pyrimidine bases such that adenine pairs with thymine or uracil, and guanine pairs with cytosine.

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