If I took two double stranded DNA molecules and I exposed them to certain conditions that caused them to denature, that means its native structure falls apart.

假如我把两条DNA双链,放在特定的条件下,使它们变性,变性表示使它们的原始结构分开

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It has no formal structure, apart from a website, and its meetings have been irregular.

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Politicians hated the alcohol issue for the same reason they now dislike the abortion issue: It sliced apart the existing party structure.

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These have two hulls, spaced widely apart and connected by a raftlike structure and no large keel.

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