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In double stranded DNA, 13% of the strand is found to be adenine. How much would you expect thymine to be present?

13%
74%
26%
37%

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The nucleotide adenine forms a bond only with the nucleotide thymine. Therefore, if 13% of the DNA strand is adenine, 13% of the DNA strand will be thymine. Therefore, the correct answer is a: 13%.
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