Chapter 3: Q30P (page 78)
Hypoxanthine can also base-pair with cytosine. Draw the structure of this base pair.
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The structure obtained when hypoxanthine base pairs with cytosine is,

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Chapter 3: Q30P (page 78)
Hypoxanthine can also base-pair with cytosine. Draw the structure of this base pair.
The structure obtained when hypoxanthine base pairs with cytosine is,

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A segment of DNA containing 20 base pairs includes 7 guanine residues. How many adenine residues are in the segment? How many uracil residues are in the segment?
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