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  4. During the analysis of the DNA of an organism having 5386 nucleotides, it was discovered that the percentages of the bases were A=29 %, G=17 %,C=32 % and T=17 % . Considering the Chargaff's rule it can be concluded that:

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Q. During the analysis of the DNA of an organism having 5386 nucleotides, it was discovered that the percentages of the bases were $A=29\%, \, \, G=17\%,C=32\% \, and \, T=17\%$ . Considering the Chargaff's rule it can be concluded that:

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According to Chargaff's rule in any double stranded DNA $\frac{A}{T}=1and\frac{G}{C} \, =1$ . That is in any double stranded DNA Amount of Adenine and Thymine should be same, as well as amount of Guanine and Cytosine should be same. Although amount $A+\frac{T}{G}+C$ is mostly not equal to 1, it is called Dissymmetry ratio.