What happens to DNA strands during hybridization?

They bind together.
They split from each other.
They are degraded.
They are sliced into different sections.

Question

What happens to DNA strands during hybridization?

 They bind together.
 They split from each other.
 They are degraded.
 They are sliced into different sections.

anonymous · Answer

I'm thinking B

abhisar · Answer

I am not 100% sure but I think option C is vague. Why do u think it's B though?

anonymous · Answer

I don't know, I was guessing on this one.

abhisar · Answer

lol

abhisar · Answer

I am sorry, I read the question wrong...

abhisar · Answer

I thought they are asking what NOT happens..

anonymous · Answer

Not what DOES happen. lol

abhisar · Answer

Ok, so here is the thing. Hybridization is the process of combining two complementary single-stranded DNA or RNA molecules and allowing them to form a single double-stranded molecule through base pairing.


Its reverse process is splitting in which a double-stranded DNA (or RNA, or DNA/RNA) molecule can be heated to break the base pairing and separate the two strands.

abhisar · Answer

So basically, in hybridization, two single strands of DNA bind together to form one double stranded DNA.

abhisar · Answer

Got it?

anonymous · Answer

Yes, thank you. :)