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Total no. of base pairs in DNA = 6.6 billion

and total no. of base pairs in human genome = 3 billion
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6.6X 10⁹represents number of base pairs in human. While, 3.3X10⁹bp represents haploid content of human DNA, this means that 23 pairs of chromosomes of human have this much DNA.

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