In double stranded DNA, 13% of the strand is found to be adenine. How much would you expect thymine to be present?

13%

74%

26%

37%

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Nyla Cabrera

20 November, 02:54

In double stranded DNA, 13% of the strand is found to be adenine. How much would you expect thymine to be present?

13%

74%

26%

37%

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Malia Fernandez · Answer 1

The nucleotide adenine forms a bond only with the nucleotide thymine. Therefore, if 13% of the DNA strand is adenine, 13% of the DNA strand will be thymine. Therefore, the correct answer is a: 13%.

In double stranded DNA, 13% of the strand is found to be adenine. How much would you expect thymine to be present?13%74%26%37%

In double stranded DNA, 13% of the strand is found to be adenine. How much would you expect thymine to be present?

13%

74%

26%

37%