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.
The DNA molecule has two important properties. 1  It can make copies of itself. 2  If you pull the two strands apart, each can be used to make the other one (and a new DNA molecule).