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To explain what molar ratio would you expect from the given guanine, thymine, adenine and cytosine in DNA molecule.
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A forensic scientist is trying to find out the number of adenine bases in the DNA sample that he obtained from a crime scene. What can he assume about the number of adenine? O The number of adenine bases will be equal to the number of guanine bases. O The number of adenine bases will be equal to the total of all the other bases. O The number of adenine bases will be equal to the number of thymine bases. O The number of adenine bases will be half of the number of cytosine bases.
You are working in a biotechnology lab and are analyzing DNA. You obtain a sample of a short dodecamer of DNA that contains 12 base pairs. What must the ratio of adenine to thymine be in your sample?
DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms. It contains the biological instructions that make each species unique. DNA, along with the instructions it contains, is passed from adult organisms to their offspring during reproduction. Nearly every cell in a person's body has the same DNA. Most DNA is located in the cell nucleus (where it is called nuclear DNA), but a small amount of DNA can also be found in the mitochondria (where it is called mitochondrial DNA).
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General Chemistry - Standalone book (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 24.1 - Prob. 24.1ECh. 24.3 - Prob. 24.1CCCh. 24.4 - Prob. 24.2CCCh. 24 - Prob. 24.1QPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.2QPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.3QPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.4QPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.5QPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.6QPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.7QP
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