Question

The two strands of DNA are antiparallel and complementary.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Deoxyribonucleic acid:

1. One strand of DNA run from 5' to 3' end while other run from 3' to 5' end, thus antiparallel in nature.
2. The DNA strands are complementary to each other because of the nitrogenous bases as A only binds to T and C only binds to G.

Final answer: The given statement is true.