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The pyrimidine bases present in DNA are:

A
cytosine and adenine
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cytosine and guanine
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cytosine and thymine
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cytosine and uracil
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Solution

The correct option is C cytosine and thymine
Pyrimidine is an aromatic heterocyclic organic compound similar to pyridine. In nucleic acids, three types of nucleobases are pyrimidine derivatives: cytosine (C), thymine (T), and uracil (U).
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