Nucleic acids are composed of nucleotides which have different nitrogenous bases. Which nitrogenous bases are pyrimidines? Uracil – Cytosine - Adenine Adenine – Guanine - Cytosine Thymine – Cytosine - Uracil Thymine – Guanine - Adenine Guanine - Thymine - Uracil
Question
Nucleic acids are composed of nucleotides which have different nitrogenous bases. Which nitrogenous bases are pyrimidines? Uracil – Cytosine - Adenine Adenine – Guanine - Cytosine Thymine – Cytosine - Uracil Thymine – Guanine - Adenine Guanine - Thymine - Uracil
Solution
The nitrogenous bases that are pyrimidines are Thymine, Cytosine, and Uracil.
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