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The complementary DNA strand for ATGGCTTGCAATGCT is

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TACCGAACGTTACGC
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TACCGAACGATACGA
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TACCGAACGTTACGA
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TACCGACCGTTACGA
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Solution

The correct option is C TACCGAACGTTACGA
The four bases of DNA are guanine, cytosine, adenine and thymine. In the double helix of DNA, guanine always binds with cytosine and adenine always binds with thymine.
So the complementary DNA strand for ATGGCTTGCAATGCT is TACCGAACGTTACGA

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