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One strand of DNA has sequence of nucleotide 3 ‘ATTCGCTAT 5’ then other strand of DNA has

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3 ‘TAAGCGATA 5’
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3 ‘TAGCACGTA 5’
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5 ‘TAGCACGTA 3’
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5 ‘TAAGCGATA 3’
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Solution

The correct option is D 5 ‘TAAGCGATA 3’

In a double stranded DNA, the sequence of nucleotides is complementary to each other. That is, A pair with T and G pair with C. So, the sequence of nucleotide for 3 ‘ATTCGCTAT 5’ will be 5’TAAGCGATA 3’.


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