If the total amount of adenine and thymine in a double-stranded DNA is 60% the amount of guainine in this DNA will be

15%

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20%

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30%

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40%

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Solution

The correct option is C 20%
If the amount of adenine+ thymine = 60%, then the amount of guanine + cytosine will be 40%.
So, the amount of guanine in this DNA will be = 20%.

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