A species has 29% of its dna composed of the nucleotide containing guanine (g). what percent does the nitrogen base thymine (t) equal?
Answers
Answer:
21% thymine
Explanation:
Guanine and cytosine have the same percentage (29%), so you double that (58%) then subtract from 100 (42%), divide that by two (21%), and there’s your answer
Answer: The percent that nitrogen base thymine equal is 21%.
Explanation: The information in DNA is made up of four chemical bases such as adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine. Hence guanine pairs with cytosine and adenine pairs with thymine as binding of these bases pairs forms structure of DNA. According to Chargaff's rule A=T and G=C.
Hence if G is 29% so C will also be 29% which adds up to 58%.
Therefore, 100-58 = 42% as out of 100%, 58% is G+C
A and T (A+T) combined is 42% as percent nitrogen base A is 21% and therefore T will also be 21%.
Conclusion: The percentage that nitrogen base thymine equal is 21%.