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Given below is a sample of a portion of DNA strand. What is so special shown in it?

5'----------GAATTC -----------3'

3'----------CTTAAG------------5'
Option: 1
Replication completed

Option: 2
Deletion mutation

Option: 3
Start codon at the 5' end

Option: 4
palindromic sequence of base pairs

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Palindromic DNA refers to a base sequence that reads the same way forward and backwards.
When reading from 5' to 3', the given sequence reads GAATTC in both strands.
As a result, this sequence is palindromic.

Thus, the correct answer is option 4).

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