[Solved] Carefully read “Alien DNA” and answer the following questions For items 1-3 utilize the following information

Carefully read “Alien DNA” and answer the following questions For items 1-3 utilize the following information: A double-stranded piece of alien nucleic acid has been isolated. Each individual strand of the nucleic acid is 160 nucleotides long for a total of 320 nucleotides in the isolated piece of nucleic acid. An initial analysis shows that of the 320 nucleotides, 95 contain the base uracil

1. How many nucleotides containing the base is Adenine (1A) would be found in the isolated piece of double-stranded nucleic acid?

• a.0
• b. 95
• c. 190
• d. 225
• e. cannot be determined 40

2. How many nucleotides in the piece of alien DNA would contain the base

• a. 40
• b. 70
• c. 95
• d. 140
• e. cannot be determined

3. If it were determined that the sugar-phosphates making the nucleotides in alien macleic acid were similar in nature to those found on Earth, how many phosphate be found in the piece of DNA?

• a. 40
• b. 80
• c. 120
• d. 160
• e. 320 States)

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