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The pyrimidine bases present in DNA are:...

The pyrimidine bases present in `DNA` are:

A

cytosine and guanine

B

cytosine and thymine

C

cytosine and uracil

D

cyrosine and adenine

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The correct Answer is:
B
`DNA` contains cytosine and thymine as a pyrimidine bases and guanine and adenine as purine bases `z`.
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