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DNA consists of two complementary nucleotide chains. If the sequence of nucleotides in one of the chains is AGCTTCGA then the complementary sequence of the other chain will be

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TCGAAGCT

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TCGTATCG

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AATTCCGG

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TCGAACTG

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Solution

The correct option is A
TCGAAGCT

Adenine (A) pairs with Thymine (T) and Guanine (G) pairs with Cytosine (C).
The given sequence is in the 5'-3' direction. The complementary sequence should also be given in the 5'-3' direction. So, we should read the given sequence backward and write the sequence of the complementary bases.
Therefore, TCGAAGCT is the sequence complementary to AGCTTCGA.

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