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Chapter 14: Q. 10 (page 367)

If the sequence of the 5'-3' strand is AATGCTAC, then the complementary sequence has the following sequence: a. 3'-AATGCTAC-5' b. 3'-CATCGTAA-5' c. 3'-TTACGATG-5' d. 3'-GTAGCATT-5'

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Option c is correct.

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Step 1. Introduction

There are two types of nitrogenous bases in a nucleic acid that is pyrimidines and purines. Adenine is complementary to thymine and Guanine is complementary to cytosine.

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Step 2. Explanation of the correct option

Option c is correct because complementary of 5'-AATGCTAC-3' is 3′-TTACGATG-5′

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Step 3. Explanation of the incorrect options

Option a is incorrect because complementary of 5'-AATGCTAC-3' is 3′-TTACGATG-5′

Option b is incorrect because complementary of 5'-AATGCTAC-3' is 3′-TTACGATG-5′

Option d is incorrect because complementary of 5'-AATGCTAC-3' is 3′-TTACGATG-5′

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When Chargaff was performing his experiments, the tetranucleotide hypothesis, which stated that DNA was composed of GACT nucleotide repeats, was the most widely accepted view of DNA’s composition. How did Chargaff disprove this hypothesis?

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