Multiple Choice
Imagine you have discovered a new species of bacteria. To begin your investigation of this organism, you run an assay on the total nucleotide content of the bacterial DNA. If the cytosine content of DNA from the bacterial cells is 40%, what is the adenine content?
A) 10 %
B) 20%
C) 40%
D) 605
E) It is not possible to calculate this number for prokaryotes.
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