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Wats avg weight of human DNA?

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i need to get that as i need to find total no. of nucleotides in that

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  1. f9sg uo


  2. DNA is made up of four building blocks, called nucleotides. The molecular weights of

    these four nucleotides (A,C,G,T) are not identical, so in routine work we usually

    average the molecular weights of all four and go with 330 daltons per nucleotide in

    DNA (=330 grams/mole of individual nucleotides). Since DNA is double stranded, i.e.,

    one nucleotide pairs with a nucleotide on the

    opposing strand, then we can say the average molecular weight of a nucleotide PAIR in

    DNA is 660 daltons. Now you just have to multiply 660 daltons by the length of DNA you

    are working with. For example, let us say a bacterial cell has a million (10E6)

    nucleotide pairs per cell. So, 660 daltons/nucleotide pair times 1,000,000 nucleotide

    pairs equals the DNA's molecular weight:  660 million daltons, or 6.6 x 10E8 daltons).

    Mammals have about 1000 times more than this per cell.


  3. on an average its 6 picograms/cell.

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