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Thymine

thymine

(Science: biochemistry) pyrimidine base found in dNA (in place of uracil of rNA). A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine.One of the four bases of a nucleotide that are found in DNA. Thymine is paired with adenine in DNA sequences and is replaced by uracil in mRNA.


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