Cytosine makes up 28% of the nucleotides in a sample of DNA from an organism. Approximately what percentage of the nucleotides in this sample will be Thymine? 12 22 28 40 56
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This is known as Chargaff's rule. If cytosine makes up 28% of the nucleotides, then guanine should also make up approximately 28%. This accounts for 56% of the total nucleotides. The remaining 44% of the nucleotides must be split approximately equally between Show more…
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