Answer to Question #55394 in Genetics for Alaaudeen

Question #55394

if 10% of the bases in a molecule of DNA are adenine, what is the ratio of adenine to guanine in the same molecule?

Expert's answer

As adenine matches to thymine, guanine - to cytosine in DNA molecule, it's easy to calculate that the ratio of adenine to guanine is 10% / 40% or 1/4.

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