Question

If the DNA strand is GTCAAT, what would be the complementary RNA?

(again write your answer with all letters together like it is written in the question)

Answer 1

Answer:

(i)ATCGTACTA

(ii)Base pairs occur when nitrogenous bases make hydrogen bonds with each other. Each base has a specific partner: guanine with cytosine, adenine with thymine (in DNA) or adenine with uracil (in RNA).

(iii)The rules of base pairing explain the phenomenon that whatever the amount of adenine (A) in the DNA of an organism, the amount of thymine (T) is the same (Chargaff's rule). Similarly, whatever the amount of guanine (G), the amount of cytosine (C) is the same. Erwin Chargaff discovered the complementary base pair rule.