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Is DNA usually single-stranded

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DNA is double stranded Except in bacteria and some viruses and chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA

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No, the DNA of organisms is double-stranded. Viruses may have single-stranded DNA (ssDNA).

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No. DNA is usually double-stranded.

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