Which one of the following statements about the denaturation of nucleic acids is true?

A. Increasing the temperature will allow the DNA to renature.
B. Returning the pH to 7 will allow the DNA to denature.
C. Reducing the temperature will often allow a denatured DNA to renature.
D. Increasing pH allows annealing of RNA strands.
E. Since RNA is only partially double-stranded it is unaffected by changes in pH and temperature.


C

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