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Assertion : Almost all (99.9%) nuceotide bases are exactly the same in all people.
Reason : The human genome consists 3164.7 billion nucleotide bases.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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`**` Almost all (99.9%) nucleotide bases are exactly the same in all people.
`**` The human genome consists 3164.7 million nucleotide bases.
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