Purine derivative among the following bases is

Guanine

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Cytosine

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Thymine

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Uracil

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Solution

The correct option is A Guanine
Option (a)

Adenine and guanine are purines. Purines are the larger of the two types of bases found in DNA.

The other 3 are pyrimidine bases. These are the smaller of the two.

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