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In sea urchin DNA, which is double stranded, 17% of the bases were shown to be cytosine. The percentages of the other three bases expected to be present in this DNA are
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In Sea Urchin 17% of bases are cytosine. According to Chargaff’s rule. The amount of Cytosine is equal to the amount of guanine. Therefore, % guanine is 17%. %(A+T)= 100-(17+17) = 100-34 = 66%%A= %T= 66/2= 33%Talk to our academic expert!
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