Suppose DNA polymerase synthesizes DNA at a rate of 1130 bases per minute in a new strain of E. coli. It takes the new strain 40 minutes to replicate their chromosome. How many nucleotides are in the chromosome? Calculate the length of the chromosome given the diagram.

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Suppose DNA polymerase synthesizes DNA at a rate of 1130 bases per minute in a new strain of E. coli. It takes the new strain 40 minutes to replicate their chromosome. How many nucleotides are in the chromosome? Calculate the length of the chromosome given the diagram. 

Sugar-phosphate
backbone
+
ņ
A T
T
A
G
C
A
G
2 mm
-0,34 nm
3,4 nm
Transcribed Image Text:Sugar-phosphate backbone + ņ A T T A G C A G 2 mm -0,34 nm 3,4 nm
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