Fourteen percent of the DNA nucleotides from a certain organism contain T.What amounts of the other bases would you expect to be present in this particular DNA?

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DNA is made up of four types of nucleotides, which are adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C), and guanine (G). The fact that 14% of the nucleotides contain T means that the remaining 86% must be made up of A, C, and G. Since DNA is a double helix, there is always an equal amount of A and T and an equal amount of C and G. Therefore, 14% of A and 36% of both C and G would be expected to be present in this particular DNA. Choice C is the only option that contains this distribution of bases.

Fourteen Percent of the DNA Nucleotides from a Certain Organism