The total number of nitrogenous bases in human genome is estimated to be about:
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$DNA$ is a double stranded molecule, the size of genome is given in base pairs which also shows the total number of nucleotides in the genome. Thus, total number of nitrogenous bases in human genome is estimated to be about $3.1$ $billion.$
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