The symmetry matters after DNA replication: each daughter duplex can retain a methylated parental strand and an initially unmodified new strand. Maintenance DNA methylation can use that relationship to help restore the previous pattern, without changing the underlying base sequence. [ref]
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th edition by Bruce Alberts and others. Chapters 4–7, chromatin, replication and gene regulation
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