Molecular Basis Of Inheritance Question 77
Question: DNA consists of two complementary nucleotide chains. If the sequence of nucleotide in one of the chains is AGCTTCGA, then the nucleotide sequence in the other chain shall be [BHU 1994; MP PMT 2000; DPMT 2003]
Options:
A) TAGCATAT
B) GATCCTAG
C) TCGAAGCT
D) GCTAAGCT
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
$ \underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ T \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{A}},\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ C \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{G}},\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ G \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C}},\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ A \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{T}},\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ A \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{T}},\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ G \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C}},\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ C \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{G}},\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ T \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{A}}, $ .