In DNA, a purine must always pair with a pyrimidine and vice versa in order to ensure that  

A.  the distance between the two phosphodiester backbones remains constant.
B.  the two strands are antiparallel.
C.  the distance between one base pair and the next remains constant.
D.  each base pair is held together by three hydrogen bonds.


A.  the distance between the two phosphodiester backbones remains constant.

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