Asked by aubrey
A diagram depicting the bases on a short section of DNA during replication is shown below.
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Which of the following correctly identifies the sequence of bases on the new complementary strand "I"?
A.
CUAG
B.
CTAG
C.
TCGA
D.
AGCT
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DNA base-pairing: A pairs with T and C pairs with G (RNA uses U instead of T, so A is never paired with U in DNA). The complement of the shown template sequence (A G C T) is T C G A, i.e. TCGA.
DNA base-pairing: A pairs with T and C pairs with G (RNA uses U instead of T, so A is never paired with U in DNA). The complement of the shown template sequence (A G C T) is T C G A, i.e. TCGA.
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