The Melting Temperature of DNA is the Temperature at Which

Question

The melting temperature of DNA is the temperature at which ـــــــــــــــــــ.
A)half of the two strands are separated.
B)the two DNA strands are completely separated.
C)the DNA is completely degraded.
D)half of the DNA is degraded.

Accepted Answer

The melting temperature of DNA is defined as the temperature at which half of the DNA molecules are in the double-stranded state and half are in the single-stranded state, indicating the point at which 50% of the double helix has dissociated into single strands.