A single strand of DNA helix consists of 100 nitrogenous base pairs. If 36 of the bases are adenine and 24 are cytosine, how many should be thymine on the complementary strand?<…

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Christian Hackl · Answer 1 · 2017-12-08T15:37:08+0000

Chargaffs rule;

A=T
C=G

Therefore;
36 Adenine = 36 Thymine
24 Cytosine = 24 Guanine

This rule arises because of the complementary base pairing found in DNA and RNA

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