Biology
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ISBN: 9781259188138
Author: Peter H Raven, George B Johnson Professor, Kenneth A. Mason Dr. Ph.D., Jonathan Losos Dr., Susan Singer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 2U
Which of the following is NOT a component of DNA?
a. The pyrimidine uracil
b. Five-carbon sugars
c. The purine adenine
d. Phosphate groups
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