Which of the following analogies is correct for RNA base pairs?
Adenine(A):________________::Guanine(G):Cytosine(C)

Urin

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Uracil

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Thymin

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Purine

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Solution

The correct option is B Uracil

Nucleic
Acid Nucleobases Base complement

DNA adenine(A), thymine(T), guanine(G), cytosine(C) $A = T, G \equiv C$

RNA adenine(A), uracil(U), guanine(G), cytosine(C) $A = U, G \equiv C$

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Nucleic Acid	Nucleobases	Base complement
DNA	adenine(A), thymine(T), guanine(G), cytosine(C)	$A = T, G \equiv C$
RNA	adenine(A), uracil(U), guanine(G), cytosine(C)	$A = U, G \equiv C$