In the complementary base-pairing rule, ________________.   Question 9 options:   a nucleotide can base-pair to any other nucleotide using hydrogen bonds   adenine will always pair with guanine   adenine will always pair with thymine, and cytosine will always pair with guanine   guanine will always pair with thymine   adenine can pair with either guanine or thymine

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In the complementary base-pairing rule, ________________.

 

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a nucleotide can base-pair to any other nucleotide using hydrogen bonds

 

adenine will always pair with guanine

 

adenine will always pair with thymine, and cytosine will always pair with guanine

 

guanine will always pair with thymine

 

adenine can pair with either guanine or thymine

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Erwin Chargaff, a scientist, observed that practically all DNA molecules have roughly equal amounts of nitrogen bases including thymine, guanine, adenine and cytosine.

 

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