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The number of bases in the single turn of the DNA helix is

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The number of bases in the single turn of the DNA helix is 10.
DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix. DNA is a long polymer made from repeating units called nucleotides, each of which is usually symbolized by a single letter: either A, T, C, or G.
DNA can be twisted like a rope in a process called DNA supercoiling. With DNA in its "relaxed" state, a strand usually circles the axis of the double helix once every 10 base pairs.
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