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Chapter 17: Q. 17.102 (page 615)

If the DNA double helix in humans contains 20% cytosine, what is the percentage of guanine, adenine, and thymine?

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Percentage of guanine, adenine, and thymine are 20%,30%,30%

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We need to find percentage of guanine, adenine, and thymine .

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The percentage of cytosine in DNA will be the same as that of guanine
As a result, the percentage of guanine in salmon DNA is 20 percent.
Because salmon DNA has 20%cytosine and , 20%guanine and , the remaining 60% will include exclusively adenine pairings with thymine.
As a result, adenine and thymine will have the same amount in salmon DNA, i.e. 30% percent each.
Therefore, 20%,30%,30% are percentage of guanine, adenine, and thymine

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When does the codon AUG signal the start of a protein? When does it code for the amino acid methionine?

Match each of the following processes (1to5)with one of the items (a to e)(17.3,17.4,17.5,17.7,17.8)(1)replication of DNA (2)transcription (3)translation (4)recombinant DNA (5)reverse transcription

a. DNA polymerase b. mRNA is synthesized from nuclear DNA c. viruses d. restriction enzymes

e. tRNA molecules bond to codons

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