Also known as: DS-, DS.
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In genetics, dyad symmetry refers to two areas of a DNA strand whose base pair sequences are inverted repeats of each other. They are often described as palindromes. For example, the following shows dyad symmetry between sequences GAATAC and GTATTC which are reverse complements of each other.
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