(a) The chromosome of the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium contains about 4 10 6 nucleotide pairs. Approximately...
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(a) The chromosome of the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium contains about 4 × 106 nucleotide pairs. Approximately how many Okazaki fragments are produced during one complete replication of the S. typhimurium chromosome?
(b) The largest chromosome of D. melanogaster contains approximately 6 × 107 nucleotide pairs. About how many Okazaki fragments are produced during the replication of this chromosome?
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Principles of Genetics
ISBN: 978-1119142287
7th edition
Authors: D. Peter Snustad, Michael J. Simmons
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