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If a section of DNA has 60 percent thymine, how much cytosine will it have?

A) 20 percent
B) 40 percent
C) 46 percent
D) 54 percent

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User Eric Krantz
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Answer:

B. 40 percent

Step-by-step explanation:

Since Thymine does NOT bind to Cytosine (it binds to Adenine) you can assume there is forty percent Cytosine because it matches with Thymine

User Dcharles
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Answer:

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(B) 40 percent

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