Which of the following is pyrimidine base ?

Adenine

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Guanine

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Uracil

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All the above

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Solution

The correct option is C Uracil
Uracil is pyrimidine base. Pyrimidine is an aromatic heterocyclic organic compound similar to pyridine. Three types of nucleobases are pyrimidine derivatives: cytosine(C), thymine(T), and uracil(U). Uracil is present in RNA and thymine is present in DNA.

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Adenine and guanine are pyrimidines.

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.

Which of the following are purine bases?
(a) Guanine (b) Adenine (c) Thymine (d) Uracil

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