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NEET 2015
Exam
NEET
Year
2015
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Molecular Basis of Inheritance

NEET 2015 · Zoology · Molecular Basis of Inheritance

In sea urchin DNA, which is double-stranded, 17 % of the bases were...

In sea urchin DNA, which is double-stranded, 1717 % of the bases were shown to be cytosine. What are the percentages of other three bases expected to be present in this DNA?

Options

  1. AG=34G = 34 % , A = 24 . 5 % , T = 24 . 5 %
  2. BG=17G = 17 % , A = 16 . 5 % , T = 32 . 5 %
  3. CG=17G = 17 % , A = 33 % , T = 33 %
  4. DG=8.5G = 8 . 5 % , A = 50 % , T = 24 . 5 %

Correct answer

C. G=17G = 17 % , A = 33 % , T = 33 %

Step-by-step solution

In the DNA molecule, the nucleotides are base paired according to the Chargaff's rule of base equivalence, and it tells always tells adenine pairs with thymine and guanine pairs with cytosine.

A=T,G=CA = T, G = C

C = 1717 %So G = 1717 %

A+G/T+C=1A + G / T + C = 1

A+G+C+T=100A + G + C + T = 100

A + 17+1717 + 17+ T = 100100

A + T = 100−34100 - 34

So, A=33A = 33 % , T = 33 % = 66

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