The Analysis of the Nitrogenous Bases of the Nucleic Acid

question 45

Multiple Choice

The analysis of the nitrogenous bases of the nucleic acid of a newly discovered virus showed 20% adenine, 40% guanine, 10% thymine, and 30% cytosine.The viral nucleic acid is most likely

• A)double-stranded DNA.
• B)double-stranded RNA.
• C)single-stranded RNA.
• D)single-stranded DNA.

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Definitions:

Research Hypotheses

Proposals made by researchers that predict a potential outcome, relationship, or effect that will be tested through study or experimentation.

Data Analysis

The process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data to discover useful information and support decision-making.

Alpha (α)

Alpha, often referred to as the significance level, is a threshold used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis, typically set at 0.05 or 5%.

Statistical Hypothesis

A conjecture about a parameter or distribution in statistics that can be tested against observational data.