1. What constitutes the backbone of a nucleic acid?2. Give the base sequence of the complementary DNA strand of the DNA chain with thefollowing base sequence: 5' ACGTAG 3'3. One DNA chain of a DNA double helix contains 18% A, 35% T, 27% C and 20% G. Whatis the composition of the complementary DNA chain?% A:% T:% C:% G:

Nucleic acids are organic molecules that act as the genetic material, and store and transfer genetic…

1. What constitutes the backbone of a nucleic acid? _ 2. Give the base sequence of the complementary DNA strand of the DNA chain with the following base sequence: 5' ACGTAG 3¹ 3. One DNA chain of a DNA double helix contains 18% A, 35% T, 27% C and 20% G. What is the composition of the complementary DNA chain? % A: % T: % C: % G:

1. What constitutes the backbone of a nucleic acid? _ 2. Give the base sequence of the complementary DNA strand of the DNA chain with the following base sequence: 5' ACGTAG 3¹ 3. One DNA chain of a DNA double helix contains 18% A, 35% T, 27% C and 20% G. What is the composition of the complementary DNA chain? % A: % T: % C: % G:

Biology (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter12: Dna: The Carrier Of Genetic Information

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 5TYU: If a segment of DNA is 5 CATTAC 3, the complementary DNA strand is (a) 3 CATTAC 5 (b) 3 GTAATG ...

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