PRESCOTT'S MICROBILOGY
PRESCOTT'S MICROBILOGY
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781264075515
Author: WILLEY
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 17.5, Problem 2CC
Summary Introduction

To determine: The frequency with which a 20bp sequence appears in a DNA molecule.

Introduction: A DNA base is formed between two complementary bases, a purine and a pyrimidine. In a DNA molecule, adenine pairs with thymine and cytosine pairs with guanine.

Summary Introduction

To describe: The comparison between a nucleotide sequence of length 1.09×109 and the human genome of length 3×109 bp.

Introduction: The human genome refers to the entire set of nucleic acid sequences in humans which is present in the form of DNA in 23 pairs of chromosomes in the cell nuclei and an extra small genome set present in individual mitochondria.

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