A bacterium synthesizes DNA at each replication fork at a rate of 1000 nucleotides per second. If this bacterium completely replicates its circular chromosome by theta replication in 30 minutes, how many base pairs of DNA does its chromosome contain?
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Given that the bacterium synthesizes 120,000 nucleotides per minute, we can calculate the total number of nucleotides synthesized in 30 minutes by multiplying 120,000 by 30. Total nucleotides synthesized = 120,000 nucleotides/minute * 30 minutes = 3,600,000 Show more…
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