Hydrogen bonding is an important factor behind DNA hybridization, but the formation ofhydrogen bonds may not provide a strong energetic incentive for hybridization under conditions relevantto living systems.
Not to be confused with the unincorporated area of Wylie, Taylor County, Texas, just outside Abilene. Wylie is a city once solely located in Collin County but now extends into neighboring Dallas and Rockwall counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located on State Route 78 about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of central Dallas and centrally located to nearby Lavon Lake and Lake Ray Hubbard.
Wylie is located approximately five miles southwest of Downtown Abilene along FM 89 (Buffalo Gap Road) in the northeastern portion of Taylor County. Wylie is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Taylor, Jones, and Callahan counties. History Wylie was named after J. J. Wylie, an early settler who moved Taylor County in 1880. The first settlers farmed in the Wylie area beginning 1881, Wylie as a community did not develop until 1902, when John H. Vance arrived from Austin, Texas. Vance purchased several acres of land southwest of Abilene, and built the first general store.