RRB Paramedical Staff Nurse Model Paper 3

Question : 81 of 100

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A segment of DNA has 120 adenine and 120 cytosine bases. The total number of nucleotides present in the segment is _____.

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Solution:

According to Chargaff's rules, the amount of adenine is always equal to that of thymine, and the amount of guanine is always equal to that of cytosine i.e A = T (120) and G = C (120), therefore, the total no. of nucleotides would be

120 × 4 =480.

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