JIPMER 2014
- Exam
- JIPMER
- Year
- 2014
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Biomolecules
JIPMER 2014 · Chemistry · Biomolecules
In DNA, the complimentary bases are
In DNA, the complimentary bases are
Options
- Aadenine and thymine; guanine and cytosine
- Badenine and thymine; guanine and uracil
- Cadenine and guanine, thymine and cytosine
- Duracil and adenine; cytosine and guanine
Correct answer
A. adenine and thymine; guanine and cytosine
Step-by-step solution
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) has the purine bases adenine and guanine and pyrimidine bases thymine and uracil. According to base pairing rule adenine paired with thymine \mathrm{A}=\mathrm{T} and cytosine paired with guanine .