Question

13. Given the original DNA strand, which of the following would be the new, complementary strand

of DNA? ACTTACGCCGAT *
(8 Points)
CAGGCATAATCG
ACTTACGCCGAT
TCAATCGCCGTA
TGAATGCGGCTA

Answer 1

TGAATGCGGCTA

Step-by-step explanation:

The complementary DNA codes for A is T and for G its C

Answer 2

TGAATGCGGCTA

Step-by-step explanation:

Remember these are the complementary dna base pairs

adenine with thymine

thymine with adenine

cytosine with guanine

guanine with cytosine

so a would change to t

c to g

t to a

etc

after pairing each letter we would end up with

TGAATGCGGCTA