Heating DNA causes the strands to separate (denaturation), breaking the hydrogen bonds between the bases. When cooled, the strands can reform hydrogen bonds and renature to become double stranded DNA again. DNA with higher GC content has more hydrogen bonds and a higher melting or denaturation temperature. The degree of DNA renaturation can be measured with a Cot curve, which plots the percentage of renatured DNA against the concentration of DNA multiplied by time.