If you extract the DNA of the coliphage φ X174, you willfind that its composition is 25 percent A, 33 percent T,24 percent G, and 18 percent C. Does this compositionmake sense in regard to Chargaff’s rules? How wouldyou interpret this result? How might such a phage replicate its DNA

If you extract the DNA of the coliphage φ X174, you willfind that its composition is 25 percent A, 33 percent T,24 percent G, and 18 percent C. Does this compositionmake sense in regard to Chargaff’s rules? How wouldyou interpret this result? How might such a phage replicate its DNA

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