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  4. While analysing the DNA of an organism a total number of 5386 nucleotides were found out of which the proportion of different bases were: Adenine = 29 %, Guanine = 17 %, Cytosine = 32 %,Thymine = 17 %. Considering the Chargaff's rule it can be concluded that

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Q. While analysing the $DNA$ of an organism a total number of $5386$ nucleotides were found out of which the proportion of different bases were: Adenine = $29\%$, Guanine $= 17\%$, Cytosine $= 32\%$,Thymine $= 17\%$. Considering the Chargaff's rule it can be concluded that

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Solution:

It cannot be a double stranded $DNA$ because as per Chargaff's rule for a $dsDNA$, the ratios between adenine and thymine and guanine and cytosine are constant and equal. Hence, it is a $ssDNA$.