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Red blood cells have no nucleus, making more room to carry oxygen-binding haemoglobin.
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Red blood cells have no nucleus, making more room to carry oxygen-binding haemoglobin.
To solve this problem, we need to determine the percentages of the other three bases in sea urchin DNA, given that 17% of the bases are cytosine (C).According to Chargaff's rules for double-stranded DNA:The amount of adenine (A) is equal to the amount of thymine (T).The amount of cytosine (C) is equal to the amount of guanine (G).Given that C = 17%, it follows that G = 17% as well.Since the total percentage of all four bases must equal 100%, we can write:C + G + A + T = 100%Substituting the known values:This simplifies to:Since A = T, we can divide the remaining percentage equally between A and T:Therefore, the percentages of the bases are:G = 17%A = 33%T = 33%This corresponds to Option 3: G 17%, A 33%, T 33%.
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