Biology as Poetry: Genetics

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Thymine

Pyrimidine nitrogenous base that base pairs with adenine in DNA.

Additional nitrogenous bases include adenine, guanine, and cytosine as well as uracil. Uriacil in particular is the RNA analog of thymine.

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