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Who showed that purines and pyrimidines are present in equal proportions in DNA?

Correct answer B. Chargaff

Explanation

Erwin Chargaff found that adenine equals thymine and guanine equals cytosine in DNA, so purines equal pyrimidines, a clue later used in the double helix model.

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