In his experiments on the chemistry of $DNA$, Chargaff estimated the base composition of human sperms and found that Adenine constituted $31\%$ and Guanine $19\%$. The quantity of Cytosine in the $DNA$ of human somatic cell is likely to be

  • A

    $31\%$

  • B

    $19\%$

  • C

    $38\%$

  • D

    $68\%$

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