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What would you predict the %C (cytosine) to be based on this information?

During your summer job at Virotech, you isolate a previously unknown virus. Analysis of its genome reveals that it is composed of a double stranded DNA molecule containing 14% T (thymine).

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O. Bickis

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O. Bickis, Corporate employee, MBA, Stockton

Answered Feb 26, 2019

The correct answer to this question is 36%. In a situation like this with a double-stranded DNA, we know G (guanine) is always complementary with C (cytosine) and A (adenine) is always complementary with T (thymine).

Therefore, the percentage of G has to equal the percentage of C, and the percentage of A has to equal the percentage of T. If G=14% then C=14%, totalling 28%. Therefore A+T = 72% (the remaining out of 100%), and we know A has to equal T so we can divide 72% in half to obtain the equal parts A (36%) and T (36%).

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John Adney

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Answered Dec 12, 2016

How did you get 36%?
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John Smith

John Smith

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John Smith

Answered Dec 12, 2016

36%
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