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If a sample of DNA has 16% adenine(A) then what is the percent of guanine?

If a sample of DNA has 16% adenine(A) then what is the percent of guanine?
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If a sample of DNA has 16% adenine(A) then what is the percent of guanine?

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39%. Adenine would have the same percentage as Thymine, meaning it would he 32% A and T and then subtract that from 100 giving you 72 divide that by 2 and you get part Guanine and part Cytosine.
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