Q: A typical eukaryotic chromosome found in humans contains about 100 million bp
A typical eukaryotic chromosome found in humans contains about 100 million bp. As noted in Chapter 9, one DNA base pair has a linear length of 0.34 nm. A. What is the linear length of the DNA in a ty...
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The chromosome of E. coli contains 4.6 million bp. How long will it take to replicate its DNA? Assuming that DNA polymerase III is the primary enzyme involved and that it can actively proofread during...
See AnswerQ: A gene mutation changes an AT base pair to GC. This
A gene mutation changes an AT base pair to GC. This change causes a gene to encode a truncated protein that is nonfunctional. An organism that carries this mutation cannot survive at high temperatures...
See AnswerQ: Draw the guanine-cytosine base pair and indicate the hydrogen bonds
Draw the guanine-cytosine base pair and indicate the hydrogen bonds that link them.
See AnswerQ: In a DNA molecule, the base pair adenine and thymine is
In a DNA molecule, the base pair adenine and thymine is held together by two hydrogen bonds (see Fig. 16.5). Let’s model one of these hydrogen bonds as four point charges arranged al...
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