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Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements correctly describes one of Chargaff's rules regarding DNA?
A
The amount of guanine equals the amount of uracil.
B
The amount of cytosine equals the amount of thymine.
C
The amount of adenine equals the amount of thymine.
D
The amount of adenine equals the amount of cytosine.
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Chargaff's rules are a set of empirical observations about the base composition of DNA, discovered by Erwin Chargaff.
One of Chargaff's rules states that in a double-stranded DNA molecule, the amount of adenine (A) is equal to the amount of thymine (T), and the amount of guanine (G) is equal to the amount of cytosine (C).
This rule is based on the complementary base pairing in DNA, where adenine pairs with thymine and guanine pairs with cytosine.
The statement 'The amount of adenine equals the amount of thymine' correctly describes one of Chargaff's rules.
The other statements are incorrect because uracil is found in RNA, not DNA, and adenine does not pair with cytosine.