AACTGGGAAAATTTGAAGAGAAAGTCACACAGATACATTTCAGTAAGGTTGTCTCTGTTACTTGAGGCTTACAAGAAGGA
ID: 150984 • Letter: A
Question
AACTGGGAAAATTTGAAGAGAAAGTCACACAGATACATTTCAGTAAGGTTGTCTCTGTTACTTGAGGCTTACAAGAAGGAAAGAAGGCCGGGCGCGGTGGCTCACGCCTGTAATCCCAGCACTTTGGGAGGCCGAGGCGGGCGGATCACGAGGTCAGGAGATCGAGACCATCCCGGCTAAAACGCTGAAACCTCGTCTCTACTAAAAATACAAAAAATTAGCCGGGCGTAGTGGCGGGCGCCTGTAGTCCCAGCTACTTGGGAGGCTGAGGCAGGAGAATGGCGTGAACCCGGGAGGCGGAGCTTGCAGTGAGCCGAGATCCTGCCACTGCACTCCAGCGTGGGCGACAGAGCGAGACTCCGTCTCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAGAATTCCCTCTCTAAACACACTCTAACACACAGGAGTTGAGAACTCA
Given the length of the AluI sequence as 334bp, what is the expected frequency of the AluI restriction enzyme sequence?
Explanation / Answer
As per the question if Alu I sequence is 334 bp long
The frequency of Alu I RE sequence will be (1/4)334 = 8.165126e-202
since possibility of occurance of all the four nucleotides at any of the 334 position is 1/4.