Question
(DNA does not have to be broken in order to be copied.)
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GPT-4o mini
False
DNA must be unwound and separated into two strands for replication to occur, allowing each strand to serve as a template for creating new complementary strands. This process involves breaking the hydrogen bonds between the base pairs, but does not require breaking the DNA backbone. So while the DNA strands are separated, they are not broken in the sense of the covalent bonds between nucleotides within each strand.
DNA must be unwound and separated into two strands for replication to occur, allowing each strand to serve as a template for creating new complementary strands. This process involves breaking the hydrogen bonds between the base pairs, but does not require breaking the DNA backbone. So while the DNA strands are separated, they are not broken in the sense of the covalent bonds between nucleotides within each strand.