BIOLOGY
NUCLEIC ACIDS
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Question
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Which contains thymine?
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DNA
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RNA
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Both
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Both DNA and RNA consists of polymers of nucleotides. RNA is single stranded but DNA is double stranded. DNA polynucleotide contains thymine but RNA polynucleotide contains uracil.
Detailed explanation-2: -Adenine and guanine are found in RNA and DNA in terrestrial life, whereas thymine is only found in DNA and uracil only in RNA.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thiamine and Uracil are pyrimidines found in DNA & RNA respectively.
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