NEET 2020
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2020
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Molecular Basis of Inheritance
NEET 2020 · Zoology · Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Which of the following statements is correct?
Which of the following statements is correct?
Options
- AAdenine pairs with thymine through one H-bond
- BAdenine pairs with thymine through three H-bonds
- CAdenine does not pair with thymine
- DAdenine pairs with thymine through two H-bonds
Correct answer
D. Adenine pairs with thymine through two H-bonds
Step-by-step solution
Erwin Chargaff’s rules: Chargaff’s along with his colleagues, performed base composition studies and put forward certain generalizations for double-stranded DNA, called Chargaff’s rule (Not applicable for single-stranded DNA).
i) Purines and pyrimidines occur in equal amounts.
ii) Purines found in DNA are adenine and guanine. Pyrimidines of DNA are thymine and cytosine.
A + G = T + C
iii) this value is constant for all species.
iv) Base ratio is specific for a species. It is used to identify the species. It is less than one in prokaryotes, e.g., E. coli = 0.92, and more than one in eukaryotes, e.g., Human = 1.52.
v) Sugar deoxyribose and phosphate residues occur in equal number.
vi) Purine adenine is equimolar with pyrimidine thymine
vii) Purine guanine is equimolar with pyrimidine cytosine.
i) Purines and pyrimidines occur in equal amounts.
ii) Purines found in DNA are adenine and guanine. Pyrimidines of DNA are thymine and cytosine.
A + G = T + C
iii) this value is constant for all species.
iv) Base ratio is specific for a species. It is used to identify the species. It is less than one in prokaryotes, e.g., E. coli = 0.92, and more than one in eukaryotes, e.g., Human = 1.52.
v) Sugar deoxyribose and phosphate residues occur in equal number.
vi) Purine adenine is equimolar with pyrimidine thymine
vii) Purine guanine is equimolar with pyrimidine cytosine.