Mathews County, Virginia (VA) County population in 2014: 8,836 (all rural); it was 9,207 in 2000. County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 1,781. County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 1,459. County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 3,329.
DNA makes copies of itself through the process of replication.  Because the nucleotide bases are complementary, they automatically  make the other strand of complementary ba â¦ ses when the division of  the cell occurs.
This structure explains two of the most important properties of the molecule. First, it can be copied or 'replicated', as each strand can act as a template for the generation of the complementary strand. Second, it can store information in the linear sequence of the nucleotides along each strand. DNA helix showing nitrogenous bases. It is the order of the bases along a single strand that constitutes the genetic code. The four-letter 'alphabet' of A, T, G and C forms 'words' of three letters called codons.