Cytosine makes up 42% of the nucleotides in a sample of dna from an organism. approximately what percentage of the nucleotides i

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igor_vitrenko [27]

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Cytosine makes up 42% of the nucleotides in a sample of dna from an organism. approximately what percentage of the nucleotides i

n this sample will be thymine? a 8% b 31% c 42% d 16%

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julia-pushkina [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-16T06:35:57+03:00

julia-pushkina [17]3 years ago

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A) 8% - because cytosine pairs with guanine so they have the same percentage and that makes it up to 84%. Adenine and Guanine also occur in the same percentages are they pair so 100-84 leaves 16% remaining, divided by 2 leaves 8% for both cytosine and guanine.