When Examining the Two Complementary Strands of Nucleotides in One

question 29

Multiple Choice

When examining the two complementary strands of nucleotides in one DNA molecule, you would expect to find that

• A) the sum of Gs and Cs in one strand would be equal to the sum of the Gs and Cs in the other strand.
• B) the sum of Ts and Gs in one strand would be equal to the sum of Cs and As in the other strand.
• C) the sum of Ts and As in one strand would be greater than the sum of the Ts and As in the other strand.
• D) the sum of As and Cs in one strand would be less than the sum of the Ts and Gs in the other strand.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the individual values differ from the mean.

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Confidence Interval

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