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A-LevelBiologyNucleic acids and protein synthesis9700/12 · May/June 2025 · Q241 Mark

Sometimes hydrogen bonds form temporarily between the bases of two strands of RNA. How many hydrogen bonds form when guanine and uracil each bind to their complementary base?

Aguanine: 3, uracil: 3
Bguanine: 3, uracil: 2
Cguanine: 2, uracil: 3
Dguanine: 2, uracil: 2

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B: guanine: 3, uracil: 2

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Nucleic acids and protein synthesis, A-Level Biology (syllabus 9700). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Biology, May/June 2025 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 24.

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