Questions

Nitrogenous base: A molecule that contains nitrogen and has the chemical properties of a base.

DNA and RNA ::

The nitrogenous bases in DNA are

Adenine (A),

Guanine (G),

Thymine (T), and

Cytosine (C).

Whereas the nitrogenous bases in RNA are the same, with one exception:

Adenine (A),

Guanine (G),

Uracil (U), and

Cytosine (C).

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