Question

Give scientific reasons:

On complete hydrolysis DNA gives equimolar quantities of adenine and thymine.

Why on complete hydrolysis DNA gives equimolar quantities of adenine and thymine?

Answer 1

1. Both the strands of DNA double helix are complementary to each other.
2. That is a number of bases on each strand are equal and complementary to each other.
3. As adenine pairs with thymine; the number of adenine bases on one strand and thymine on another are equal in number.

Thus, on complete hydrolysis DNA gives equimolar quantities of adenine and thymine.