Chargaffs rule states that in a organism

Amount of adenine ( A ) is equal to that of guanine ( G) and the amount of thymine ( T ) is equal to that of cytosine ( C )

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Amount of adenine ( A ) is equal to that of cytosine ( C ) and the amount of thymine ( T) is equal to that of guanine ( G)

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Amount of all bases are equal

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Amount of adenine ( A ) is equal to that of thymine ( T) and the amount of guanine ( G) is equal to that of cytosine

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Solution

The correct option is D Amount of adenine ( A ) is equal to that of thymine ( T) and the amount of guanine ( G) is equal to that of cytosine
According to Chargaff's rule,
Percentage of adenine = percentage of thymine and percentage of guanine = percentage of cytosine.
This is just an out come of the face that :
Adenine and thymine are complementary and guanine and cytosine are complementary.

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Statement 1: The four nitrogen bases in a DNA molecule are guanine, thymine adenine, cytosine.

Statement 2: Where adenine and thymine are purines and guanine and cytosine are pyrimidines.

(A = T)

(G = C)

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