Commonly found purines in nucleic acids are:

Adenine and Guanine

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Cytosine and Uracil

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Uracil and Thymine

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Cytosine and Thymine

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Solution

The correct option is A
Adenine and Guanine

Adenine and guanine are the most commonly found purines in nucleic acid.

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Statement 1: The four nitrogen bases in a DNA molecule are guanine, thymine adenine, cytosine.

Statement 2: Where adenine and thymine are purines and guanine and cytosine are pyrimidines.

Group the following as nitrogenous bases and nucleosides adenine, Cytidine, Thymine, Guanosine, Uracil and Cytosine.

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