A-LevelBiologyNucleic acids and protein synthesisMay/June 2010Paper 1 Q321 Mark
What would be the result of analysing part of a DNA molecule?
Ahexose sugars and phosphates in equal proportion, and an equal number of cytosine and guanine bases
Bnucleotides and phosphates in equal proportion, and an equal number of adenine and cytosine bases
Cpentose sugars and phosphates in equal proportion, and an equal number of adenine and thymine bases
Dtwice as many phosphates as pentose sugars, and an equal number of adenine and guanine bases
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