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What is the base in DNA pairs with adenine

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The pair of nitrogenous bases that connects the complementary strands of DNA or of double-stranded RNA and consists of a purine linked by hydrogen bonds to a pyrimidine: adenine-thymine and guanine-cytosine in DNA, and adenine-uracil and guanine-cytosine in RNA.

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Purines bases are ADENINE(A) and GUANINE(G), and pirimidines bases are CITOSINE(C) and TIMINE(T).

In DNA, with ADENINE complementary base is TIMINE, and with GUANINE complementary base is CITOSINE.


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