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In DNA, the complimentary bases are
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Options:
  • A Adenine and thymine; guanine and cytosine
  • B Adenine and thymine; guanine and uracil
  • C Adenine and guanine, thymine and cytosine
  • D Uracil and adenine; cytosine and guanine
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The correct answer is: Adenine and thymine; guanine and cytosine
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) has the purine bases adenine and guanine and pyrimidine bases thymine and uracil According to base pairing rule adenine paired with thymine $(A=T)$ and cytosine paired with guanine $(\mathrm{C} \equiv \mathrm{G})$.

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