Question: Suppose that a team of scientists exploring in the Amazon discover several novel species of bacteria that use a non-standard nucleotide "X" in DNA. To establish if X is pairing with A,T, G, or C they measured the amounts of various nucleotides in several novel bacterial species. Their results are summarized below. What should be their conclusion?
A C T G X
SPP 1 17 32 17 1 33
SPP 2 20 30 21 0 29
SPP 3 8 42 10 2 38
SPP 4 15 35 17 1 32 ***NUMBERS EXPRESSED AS %
A) X pairs with A
B) X pairs with T
C) X pairs with C
D) X pairs with G
E) This table is inconclusive