3. If a prokaryotic cell contains 200,000 base pairs, how many nucleotides does it contain? (2pts)
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Step 1: If a prokaryotic cell contains 200,000 base pairs, and each base pair contains 2 nucleotides, then we can calculate the total number of nucleotides by multiplying the number of base pairs by 2. Show more…
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