The speed of DNA replication at a replication fork is about 100 nucleotides per second in human

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The speed of DNA replication at a replication fork is about 100 nucleotides per second in human cells. What is the minimum number of origins of replication that a human cell must have if it is to replicate its DNA once every 24 hours? Recall that a human cell contains two copies of the human genome one inherited from the mother,  other from the father each consisting of 3 × 109 nucleotide pairs.

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Essential Cell Biology

ISBN: 9780393680362

5th Edition

Authors: Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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