GC Content Calculator
Calculate the percentage of G and C bases in a DNA sequence.
Description
Calculate the percentage of G and C bases in a DNA sequence.
GC Content Calculator is a focused biology tool that calculate the percentage of G and C bases in a DNA sequence. It calculates locally from the values you enter and exposes the result without changing the source observations.1
When to use GC Content Calculator
Use GC Content Calculator when you need to calculate the percentage of G and C bases in a DNA sequence. Enter Sequence using the definitions and units below so the result can be reproduced.
- Sequence
- A sequence, category, or text value.
How GC Content Calculator calculates the result
The published tool contract uses this rule: Calculate the percentage of G and C bases in a DNA sequence.
- GC percent
- The calculated gc percent.
Limitations of GC Content Calculator
A ratio or percentage can conceal the scale of its numerator and denominator and becomes sensitive to measurement error when the denominator is small.
Alternative or Complementary measurements
Retain the original Sequence values and their units alongside the result. AT Content Calculator is useful when you instead need to calculate the percentage of A and T bases in a DNA sequence. Primer GC Percent provides another view by helping you calculate the GC percentage of a primer sequence for clamp design checks.
References
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GC-content — Wikipedia contributors
Similar or alternative tools
- AT Content Calculator
Calculate the percentage of A and T bases in a DNA sequence.
- Primer GC Percent
Calculate the GC percentage of a primer sequence for clamp design checks.
- GC Rule Tm
Estimate DNA melting temperature with the GC rule for sequences longer than 13 bases.