The purines of DNA are represented by guanine and thymine.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Adenine and Guanine are the two purines found in DNA and RNA. The pyrimidines of DNA are represented by thymine and cytosine.
Hence, the correct answer is false.

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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.

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