{"id":133112,"date":"2024-08-22T14:30:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=133112"},"modified":"2024-08-22T14:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:30:41","slug":"if-a-portion-of-a-strand-of-dna-bases-reads-5-agctagcgt-3-what-would-the-sequence-of-bases-on-the-complementary-strand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/22\/if-a-portion-of-a-strand-of-dna-bases-reads-5-agctagcgt-3-what-would-the-sequence-of-bases-on-the-complementary-strand\/","title":{"rendered":"If a portion of a strand of DNA bases reads 5&#8242; AGCTAGCGT 3&#8242;, what would the sequence of bases on the complementary strand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If a portion of a strand of DNA bases reads 5&#8242; AGCTAGCGT 3&#8242;, what would the sequence of bases on the complementary strand read?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.<br>3&#8242; TCGATCGCA 5&#8242;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.<br>3&#8242; TCGUTCGCU 5&#8242;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C.<br>3&#8242; AGCTAGCGT 5&#8242;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D.<br>5&#8242; SucGAUCGCA 3&#8242;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-Capture-2024-08-22-10-30-03-1024x348.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133113\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sequence of bases on the complementary strand for the given DNA strand would read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. 3&#8242; TCGATCGCA 5&#8242;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explanation:<br>In DNA, the complementary base pairing rules are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adenine (A) pairs with Thymine (T)<br>Cytosine (C) pairs with Guanine (G)<br>Given the original strand 5&#8242; AGCTAGCGT 3&#8242;, the complementary strand is formed by pairing each base with its complement and reading in the opposite direction. So:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A (Adenine) pairs with T (Thymine)<br>G (Guanine) pairs with C (Cytosine)<br>C (Cytosine) pairs with G (Guanine)<br>T (Thymine) pairs with A (Adenine)<br>Thus, the complementary strand is read in the 3&#8242; to 5&#8242; direction as 3&#8242; TCGATCGCA 5&#8242;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a portion of a strand of DNA bases reads 5&#8242; AGCTAGCGT 3&#8242;, what would the sequence of bases on the complementary strand read? 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