where the strands separate (DNA melts).
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ssDNA
H-bonds between basepairs
are broken and the strand unwind.
Unstacked bases
(random orientation)
absorb more light
than neatly stacked
(oriented) base-pairs
Melting curve.
The temperature
at which DNA is half unfolded
Tm (melting temp)
Tm is a measure of the stability of dsDNA under a given set of conditions
Hypochromic
Shift