Solution to PS 7 #5

a)  A260 is higher in single stranded DNA than in double stranded DNA.  Heating the DNA to 100 C denatured the DNA into single strands.

b) Sample I, because of quick cooling, did not completely form all possible H-bonds (and double helix).  Sample II, upon slow cooling, reformed a double stranded helix of DNA.



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