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Chargaff's Rule

The amount of...

Question

The amount of adenine is always equal to the amount of ......... in DNA.

A

cytosine

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B

uracil

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C

guanine

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D

thymine

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Solution

The correct option is D thymine
Chargaff's rule states that :
• In DNA, the proportion of adenine always equals to that of thymine and the proportion of guanine always equals to that of cytosine, i.e, A=T and G=C.
So, the correct option is 'thymine'.

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