Answer to Question #179724 in Biology for Adnan Hussain

Question

A bacteria has 5million nucleotides in its genome its DNA polymerize has the ability to polymerize 2000N/Sec generation time of his bacteria is less then 25 minutes .
Now base upon this data how many replication park will be form in this bacteria

Answer 1

The genome of the bacteria can be replicated in 5,000,000 N / 2,000 N/sec = 2,500 sec = 42 min. As a result, as the generation time of this bacteria is less than 25 minutes, two replication forks must be formed to replicate the genome of the bacteria in 25 minutes.