Anyone have a stupid pneumonic to remember that A forms 2 bonds with T, etc?

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For some reason, I have a hard time remembering that Adenine forms 2 H-bonds with Thymine, and Cytosine forms 3 H-bonds with Guanine. Anyone have a stupid pneumonic to help?

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If you put AT next to eachother, there's two lines. one top of T, one middle of A, so two bonds. 😀

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im not sure why this helps me or if itll help u, but i always remember that C is the 3rd letter in the alphabet so hes gonna form 3 . and i guess i just remember he goes with G.....
 
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