DNA Analysis -
Objectives: Students understand the structure of DNA.
Students apply their understanding of DNA to solve problems.
Below are the partial results of an analysis of intact segments of DNA. Determine the missing information (number of each molecule) for each segment.
DNA Segment 1 -
Molecular Characteristics
Total number of nucleotides: 200
Adenine: ____
Thymine: ____
Guanine: _ 40
Uracil: ____
Cytosine: ____
Phosphate: ____
Deoxyribose: ____
DNA Segment 2 -
Molecular Characteristics
Total number of nucleotides: 300
Adenine: _100
Thymine: ____
Guanine: ____
Uracil: ____
Cytosine: ____
Phosphate: ____
Deoxyribose: ____
DNA Segment 3 -
Molecular Characteristics
Total number of nucleotides: 450
Adenine: ____
Thymine: ____
Guanine: ____
Uracil: ____
Cytosine: _125
Phosphate: ____
Deoxyribose: ____
DNA Segment 4 -
Molecular Characteristics
Total number of nucleotides: 1654
Adenine: ____
Thymine: _500
Guanine: ____
Uracil: ____
Cytosine: ____
Phosphate: ____
Deoxyribose: ____