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Oh, dude, like, totally! An inverted repeat is when a sequence reads the same forwards and backwards, like a palindrome but with DNA. So, in this case, the sequence 5'-gcacggcacg-3' is not an inverted repeat because if you read it backwards, it would be 5'-gcacggcacg-3', not the same. So, like, no palindrome party for this sequence!

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1mo ago
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No, the sequence 5'-gcacggcacg-3' is not an inverted repeat. Inverted repeats are sequences that read the same forwards and backwards on complementary DNA strands. In this case, the sequence is not palindromic, as it does not read the same in both directions.

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1mo ago
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No

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