Question

It is 41 bases (or nucleotides) long. In this example, the flanking sequences consist of 9 bases (although in reality flanking regions are typically much longer). The eight four-base repeat units (GATA) make up the remaining 32 bases. How long would you expect an allele from this same locus to be if it had 10 repeat units

Answer 1

Answer:

49

It says that there are eight four-base repeat unites that make up the remaining 32 bases. This means that it 8 x 4 = 32. Then from 32 + 9 = 41 is how you get all of the bases in the original. However, if there were to be 10 repeat units then it would be 10 x 4 = 40. Then from there you would get 40 + 9 = 49. Hope my explanation helped somewhat.