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.
Scientists had known for a very long time that organisms make copies of their DNA. Making extra copies of the instructions in DNA allows an organism to grow and reproduce. The scientific word for 'copy' is 'replication.' So when we talk about DNA making copies of itself, we call it DNA replication.