answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer
Best Answer - Chosen by VotersSince G and C are complementary, they will have the same percentage. So 15% will be cytosine.

That leaves 70% left. Half of that will be adenine, and half will be thymine (35% each)

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: A gene's nucleotide bases are known to be composed of 15 percent guanine What percentages of each of the other three bases are contained in the same gene?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Are cytosine guanine thymine and adenine phosphates?

No, they are nucleotide bases. They are composed of nitrogen, a phosphate group, and a five-carbon sugar.


What are the nucleotides of DNA and rnaa what are there compliments?

DNA nucleotides: adenine nucleotide, guanine nucleotide, cytosine nucleotide, thymine nucleotideRNA nucleotides: adenine nucleotide, guanine nucleotide, cytosine nucleotide, uracil nucleotideBase-pairing in DNA: adenine and thymine, guanine and cytosineBase-pairing in RNA: adenine and uracil, guanine and cytosine


If thirty five percent thymine what percentages of each of the other bases are contained the same gene?

what is the ratio of Adenine to Thymine? What percent remains for Cytosine and Guanine? What is the ratio of Cytosine to Guanine?


What are the repeating units of proteins?

the repeating units of protein are called amino acids.


What are the three molecules of a nucleotide?

A nucleotide is composed of a nitrogenous base (adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, or uracil), a ribose sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), and a number of phosphates (1 to 3).


What organelle is G?

G is a nucleotide, guanine.


Which nucleotide base will link to cytosine?

Guanine


Which nucleotide base contains the most atoms?

Guanine


Three componets of a nucleotide?

guanine, cytosine, adenidine


What is a nucleotide that pairs with guanine?

In DNA, nucleotide cytosine and guanine pairs with each other. Nucleotide adenine and thymine also pairs with each other. However in RNA, the thymine is not present, so in its place, uracil pairs with adenine.


What are the 4 bases that a RNA nucleotide could have?

The 4 bases that a RNA nucleotide have are adenine, guanine, uracil and cytosine.


What nucleotide basis are present in equal amounts of DNA?

The nucleotide bases guanine and cytosine, and adenine and thymine are present in equal quantities in DNA. This is how scientists determined that guanine pairs with cytosine, and adenine pairs with thymine.