Do cytosine and guanine have stronger hydrogen bonds than adenine and thymine?

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2026-07-10 11:46

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It's not that the individual hydrogen bonds are stronger but rather there are more of them. Between A and T there are two hydrogen bonds, between G and C there are three hydrogen bonds. The additional hydrogen bond between G and C does mean that the bonding between G and C is much stronger then that between A and T and requiring of significantly more energy to break.

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