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16. If one side of the DNA ladder contains the bases ATAACGTCGATC, then what would the complementary bases be on the other side of the DNA ladder?
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16. If one side of the DNA ladder contains the bases ATAACGTCGATC, then what would the complementary bases be on the other side of the DNA ladder?

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Answer: TATTGCAGCTAG

Step-by-step explanation:

For DNA base pairing Adenine (A) and Thymine (T) pair together while Cytosine (C) and Guanine (G) pair together. So for every A there's a T, for every T there's an A and so on.

Knowing this the complementary strand would be TATTGCAGCTAG.

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