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ZoologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceProperties of Genetic MaterialMedium2 minPYQ_2002
ZoologyMediumsingle choice

If the DNA percentage of thymine is , then what is the percentage of guanine?NEET 2002

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Solution:

According to Chargaff's Rule, the DNA molecule should have an equal ratio of pyrimidine (cytosine and thymine) and purine (adenine and guanine). It means that the number of adenine molecules is equal to thymine molecules and the number of guanine molecules is equal to cytosine molecules. A complement with , and complement with . Thus, . And, Since, and, remaining of so,

Stream:NEETSubject:ZoologyTopic:Molecular Basis of InheritanceSubtopic:Properties of Genetic Material
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