a.
To determine:
The ratio of
Introduction: Erwin Chargaff discovered some rules that help to explain the double helix structure of DNA. He is the first to identify that the number of guanine is equal to number of cytosine, and number of adenine is equal to number of thymine. He also stated that the amount of nitrogenous bases alters in different species.
a.
Explanation of Solution
Organism and tissue | ||
Sheep thymus | ||
Pig liver | ||
Human thymus | ||
Rat bone marrow | ||
Hen erythrocytes | ||
Yeast | ||
E.coli | ||
Human sperm | ||
Salmon sperm | ||
Herring sperm |
b.
To determine:
Whether the ratios are constant among the organisms or they vary.
b.
Explanation of Solution
c.
To explain:
Whether
c.
Explanation of Solution
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