DNA Double Helix Structure & Dimensions — NEET Biology
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The two chains are coiled in a right-handed fashion. The pitch of the helix is 3.4 nm (a nanometre is one billionth of a metre, that is 10⁻⁹ m) and there are roughly 10 bp in each
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DNA helix is stabilized primarily by:
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