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If length of E. Coli DNA is 1.36 mm, what is the number of base pairs in E. Coli?

Akshay chippigiri , 7 Years ago

Grade 12

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varun

Last Activity: 7 Years ago

HELLO AKSHAY,

The distance between two consecutive base pairs is 0.34 X 10^-9m

The total length of double helix DNA in an organism can be calculated by multiplying the total number of base pairs with distance between two consecutive base pairs

Total length of double helix DNA = total number of base pairs X distance between two consecutive bp

Let the total number of bp be x

1.36mm = x X 0.34 X 10^-9m

by solving this we get,

x = 4 X 10^6 bp

So the number of base pairs in given strand of E coli = 4 X 10^6bp

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Ayce Nur Yucesoy

Last Activity: 7 Years ago

Distance between two consecutive base pairs is 0.34 × 10^-9 m

To find the number of base pairs, you need to divide the length of the distance.

Darshan

Last Activity: 7 Years ago

Total length of given DNA = product of total number of basepairs and distance between themThis above formula is applicable for all lengths of DNA provided information is correct

Aashu Mittal

Last Activity: 7 Years ago

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