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« on: May 30, 2009, 11:28:49 am »
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Just one question to start with:
What is the difference between "200 bases in length" and "200 base pairs in length". Is there a difference in terms of the number of Adenine, Thymine, Cystosine and Guanines present?

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Re: DNA
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2009, 11:32:38 am »
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Generally they'll mean the same thing, but saying 'base pairs' just avoids ambiguity. Since the bases in DNA are always paired, saying 200 bases in length, to me at least, implies that it is 200 bases long rather than 200 bases in total (hence, 'in length'), and we then know that each of these 200 bases has a paired base also. Adding the 'pairs' to this just clears up any misunderstandings though.
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