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One of the DNA-strand of a double helix is in sequence AGGCAT, the complementary strand of the given sequence will be:

A

CTTACG

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TCCGTA

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C

ACCGAT

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D

TGGCTA

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Solution

The correct option is C TCCGTA
Double strand helix structure for DNA. The complementary strand contain,
A in place of T
T in place of A
G in place of C
C in place of G

Thus, the complementary strand of the given sequence is TCCGTA.

Option B is correct.

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