If the percentage of adenine bases is 24% then the guanine base percentage will be 26% according to Chargaff's rule.
- DNA consist of millions of base pairs in the form of purines [Adenine (A) Guanine (G)] and pyrimidines [ thymine (T) cytosine (C) and uracil (U only in RNA in place of T).
- Adenine is complementary to thymine and uracil while guanine is complementary to cytosine.
- According to Chargaff's rule ( A + G = T + C ), DNA from all cells of all creatures should have a 1:1 ratio of pyrimidine and purine bases. More specifically, the amounts of guanine and adenine should be equal to cytosine and thymine, respectively.
hence if the percentage of Adenine (A) is 24% then the complementary base Thymine (T) will also be 24%
Now A + T = 24 + 24 = 48% out of 100
the remaining 52% is composed of GC i.e., 26 % + 26%
Hence Guanine will be 26%
Finally, A + G = T + C --------> 24 + 26 = 24 + 26
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