If adenine makes up 30 percent of the bases in a DNA helix what percentage of the bases are cystosine?

Answer 1

There are four bases in the DNA double helix: adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine. An adenine in one strand always pairs with a thymine in the other strand. Similarly, a cytosine always pairs with a guanine. So the number of adenines always equals the number of thymines, and the number of cytosines always equals the number of thymines. The total number of bases must equal 100%. So if 30% of the bases are adenine, another 30% must be thymine because they always pair with each other. Thymine and adenine added together therefore make 60% of the bases. The remaining 40% must be cytosine plus guanine. If the number of cytosines must equal the number of guanines, the percentage of cytosines must be ....... well, you can work it out for yourself!

Answer 2

To answer this question, remember this: in DNA, adenine always pairs with thymine, and cytosine always pairs with guanine. Also, in a normal DNA molecule, all of the bases are paired.

If 20% of the bases in DNA are adenine, then it follows that another 20% must be thymine, because adenine always pairs with thymine. Adding both percentages up, we get 40% of the DNA bases being adenine and thymine. That means the remaining 60% of the bases in the DNA molecule are cytosine and guanine. Using the same reasoning above, the proportions of cytosine and guanine must be equal because cytosine always pairs with guanine. Therefore, cytosine and guanine each compose 30% of the DNA molecule.

Answer 3

30 %.

Adenine pairs with thymine - therefore if 20% is A, another 20% percent will be T. Only two other bases are left, which form pairs: guanine and cytosine, in equal quantities. Therefore half of the remaining 60 percent will be guanine.

Answer 4

In a DNA molecule there are 4 type of nucleotide bases : adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine

According to the Watson-Crick rule: Adenine (A) always bonds with thymine (T), and guanine (G) with cytosine (C).

In the given DNA molecule we have 20% G, thus we also have 20% of C. The remaining 60% must contain A+T in equal amount. So according to this we have 60/2=30% of Adenine.

Answer 5

cytosine pairs with only guanine.....therefore

% adenine=%thymine=30% which totally makes 60% of the bases......% of cytosine=%of guanine=(40/2)%=20%

Answer 6

[Guanine] = [Cytosine]

[Adenine] = [Thiamine]

Therefore

100% - 15% Guanine - 15% Cytosine = 70% (Adenine + Thiamine)

Adenine = 35%

Answer 7

20 % guanine

Answer 8

30%