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A segment of DNA molecule comprises of 546 nucleotides. How many cytosine nucleotides would be present in it if the number of adeninenucleotides is 96 ?​

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177 Cytosine NT Explanation:According to the given data, Total NT are 546 and ADENINE NT are 96Which MEANS Thymine are ALSO 96 .So , A+T =192 The remaining are Cytosine and GUANINE .i.e, C+G=354 as No of C and No of G are EQUAL . Then no of Cytosine will be half of 354 which means 177



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