Suppose a region of DNA is 100 bp long.How many unique sequences could it potentially represent? A)100⁴ B)4¹⁰⁰ C)400 D)4,000 E)10,000

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Each base pair in DNA can be one of four nucleotides (adenine, thymine, cytosine, or guanine), so for each position in a 100 bp long sequence, there are 4 choices. The total number of unique sequences is therefore $4^{100}$.

Suppose a Region of DNA Is 100 Bp Long