Fig. 4: The Four Nitrogenous Bases in DNA: Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine

Adenine and guanine are also known as purine bases; cytosine and thymine are also called pyrimidine bases. Each deoxyribonucleotide will contain one of these four bases.



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