NEET BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION

BIO MOLECULES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which base is ONLY found in DNA?
A
Cytosine
B
Guanine
C
Thymine
D
Adenine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: The nitrogen base found only in DNA is known as thymine which is also called 5-methyl uracil as thymine is a derivative of uracil.

Detailed explanation-2: -DNA base pair. Under normal circumstances, the nitrogen-containing bases adenine (A) and thymine (T) pair together, and cytosine (C) and guanine (G) pair together. The binding of these base pairs forms the structure of DNA.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -⇒ Thymine is present in DNA but not in RNA.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are four nitrogenous bases in DNA, two purines (adenine and guanine) and two pyrimidines (cytosine and thymine).

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