In the Watson-Crick structure of DNA, the: a. adenine content of one strand must equal the thymine content of the same strand. b. nucleotides are arranged in the A-form. c. purine content (fraction of bases that are purines) must be the same in both strands. d. two strands are parallel. e. the strands are complementary to each other.

In the Watson-Crick structure of DNA, the: a. adenine content of one strand must equal the thymine content of the same strand. b. nucleotides are arranged in the A-form. c. purine content (fraction of bases that are purines) must be the same in both strands. d. two strands are parallel. e. the strands are complementary to each other.

Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter19: Genomes And Proteomes

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Problem 1ITD: Below is a sequence of 540 bases from a genome. What information would you use to find the...

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