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What is What will happen to DNA if salt is added to it? and explain in detail?
This makes the DNA less hydrophilic (less soluble in water). Ethanol has a lower dielectric constant than water so it&;s used to promote ionic bonds between the Na+ (from the salt) and the PO3- (from the DNA backbone) causing the DNA to precipitate.