2c) If the whole potoroo genome is 4.2 x 10' bp, and the highly repetitive DNA in the potoroo genome is composed entirely of copies of the sequence 5'AAGACT' and its complement, how many copies of this sequence are present in the potoroo genome?

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2c) If the whole potoroo genome is 4.2 x 10' bp, and the highly
repetitive DNA in the potoroo genome is composed entirely of
copies of the sequence 5'AAGACT' and its complement, how
many copies of this sequence are present in the potoroo
genome?

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