In the DNA molecule:
The proportion of Adenine in relation to thymine varies with the organism
There are two strands which run parallel in the 5′ → 3′ direction
There are two strands which run antiparallel-one in 5′ → 3′ direction and other in 3′ → 5′
The total amount of purine nucleotides and pyrimidine nucleotides is not always equal