Noun: base pair
- One of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
"The number of base pairs in a genome can indicate its complexity"
Derived forms: base pairs
Type of: base, nucleotide
Part of: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
Encyclopedia: Base pair