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The lagging strand template of a dna molecule undergoing replication reads 3'-cgcatgtagcga-5'. what is the sequence of the dna that is the template for the complementa…

The lagging strand template of a dna molecule undergoing replication reads 3'-cgcatgtagcga-5'. what is the sequence of the dna that is the template for the complementa…
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The lagging strand template of a dna molecule undergoing replication reads 3'-cgcatgtagcga-5'. what is the sequence of the dna that is the template for the complementary leading strand of this segment?

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The principle is that adenine is always paired to thymine; and cytosine is always paired to guanine. In this particular sequence:

3'-cgcatgtagcga-5'

The complementary leading strand will be:

5'-GCGTACATCGCT-3'
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