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#Question id: 40202


Assertion (A): Primers with high GC content generally have a higher melting temperature (Tm) than AT-rich primers of the same length.

Reason (R): Guanine and Cytosine are bonded by three hydrogen bonds, which require more energy to break than the two hydrogen bonds between Adenine and Thymine

#Applied Microbiology
  1.  Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A 
  2. Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
  3.  A is true, but R is false. 
  4. A is false, but R is true