the amount of Guanine is 20% of the nucleotides in a single strand of DNA. If RNA is made from this single strand of DNA, what would be the percentage of Uracil in the complementary strand of RNA?

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Problem 2RQ: Which of the following does cytosine pair with? a. guanine b. thymine c. adenine d. a pyrimidine
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Suppose that the amount of Guanine is 20% of the nucleotides in a single strand of DNA. If RNA is made from this single strand of DNA, what would be the percentage of Uracil in the complementary strand of RNA?

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