The DNA molecule here has been spread apart, opening up two single stranded DNA's which have complementary base sequences because they were double stranded DNA.

这里DNA分子被分开,形成两条单链DNA,这两条单链碱基序列互补,因为它们是由双链DNA解旋形成的

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