Biology 2010 Student Edition

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 9780133669510
ISBN 13: 978-0-13366-951-0

Chapter 12, DNA - 12.2 - The Structure of DNA - Analyzing Data - Page 345: 2

Answer

Guanine: 35% Thymine and Adenine: 15%

Work Step by Step

Adenine and guanine are complementary, so they should be in the same proportion. Thymine and adenine are complementary to each other so they should make up the rest. Thus, they both have 15%.
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