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Question
Name the purine bases and pyrimidine bases present in RNA and DNA.
Solution
| Nucleic acid |
Purine bases |
Pyrimidine bases |
| RNA | Adenine, Guanine |
Uracil, Cytosine |
| DNA | Adenine, Guanine |
Thymine, Cytosine |
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