Assertion: The two strands of a DNA molecule, if separated by heating, can come together when appropriate conditions are provided.
Reason: Heating breaks the hydrogen bonds between nitrogenous bases and leads to denaturation of DNA.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.