All of the following pertain to nitrogenous bases except

A. they form pairs by hydrogen bonding.
B. cytosine and thymine are pyrimidines.
C. adenine pairs with thymine.
D. guanine pairs with uracil.
E. they allow variation from one nucleotide to another which creates the encoded information.


Answer: D

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