The base sequence in one of the strands of DNA is TAGCATGAT.
(i) Give the base sequence of the complementary strand.
(ii) How are these base pairs held together in a DNA molecule?
(iii) Explain the base complementarity rule. Give the name of the scientist who framed this rule.
(i) ATCGTACTA
(ii) Base pairs are held together by weak hydrogen bonds, adenine pairs with thymine by two H-bonds and guanine pairs with cytosine forming three H-bonds.
(iii) According to base complementarity rule formed by Erwin Chargaff for a double stranded DNA the ratios between adenine-thymine and guanine-cytosine are constant and equal to one.