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Considering the average molecular mass of a base to be 500 Da, what is the molecular mass of a double-stranded DNA of 10 base pairs?(a) 500 Da(b) 5 kDa(c) 10 kDa(d) 1 kDa

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Answer is : (c) 10 kDa

Molecular mass of a base = 500 Da

Number of base in a dsDNA = 10 BP or 20 bases

Thus, molecular mass of a dsDNA with 20 bases = 20 x 500 = 10 kDa



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