Question

If you have 36 % G bases in your DNA, how many C, A and T’s are there?

Answer 1

C = 36%

A = 14%

T = 14%

Step-by-step explanation:

G is complimentary to C, so there will be an equal amount of the C base.

36% C

Then, take the sum of the percents found, which comes out to:

36 + 36 = 72%

100% - 72% = 28%

Because A and T are complementary to each other, they will have the same percent of base expression in the DNA.

So, you can just take the 28% we have left and divide it by 2 to get the individual base expression of A and T.

Which will come out to be 14% each.

C = 36%

A = 14%

T = 14%

G = 36% (given)