A strand of DNA contains the bases adenine, cytosine, cytosine, and guanine, in that order. Which would be the order
of the bases on the opposite strand of DNA?
cytosine, adenine, adenine, and thymine
cytosine, thymine, thymine, and adenine
thymine, guanine, guanine, and cytosine
Othymine, adenine, adenine, and cytosine


ITS C ON EDGENUITY 2020

A strand of DNA contains the bases adenine cytosine cytosine and guanine in that order Which would be the order of the bases on the opposite strand of DNA cytos class=

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Answer:

If a strand of DNA contains the bases adenine, cytosine, cytosine and guanine the order  of the bases on the opposite strand is thymine, guanine, guanine and cytosine.

Explanation:

DNA contains a double strand, each of which contains a specific sequence of bases —adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine— whose order determines the genetic information stored in this nucleic acid.

The sequence of bases on one DNA strand is complementary on the other strand, taking into account the complementarity of bases, i.e. the purines adenine and guanine are complemented by the pyrimidines thymine and cytosine, respectively:  

A = T

G ≡ C

So that the sequence A - C - C - G of one chain is complemented by the sequence T - G - G - C of the other.

    Taking into account the above information, the other options can be discarded, as they do not comply with the complementarity of bases in the DNA.

Answer:

C. thymine, guanine, guanine, and cytosine

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