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 (in $\%$)

  • A
    $31$
  • B
    $19$
  • C
    $38$
  • D
    $68$

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