Which of the following nucleotide bases is found only in RNA, not in DNA?

Guanine

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Adenine

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Thymine

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Uracil

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Solution

The correct option is B Uracil
The nucleotide bases of DNA are adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine; whereas the nucleotide bases of RNA are guanine, thymine, cytosine and uracil.
So the correct option is ' Uracil '.

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