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What does a thymine do?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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Thymine is an nitrogen base in our DNA. Thymine pairs up with the other nitrogen base Adenine. This creates one base pair. Thymine and the other base does not have a function. It is the combinations of bases that encode genetic information. The other bases pairs are Guanine and Cytosine and these two nitrogen bases are also one base pair. Thymine and Adenine are always paired up and shown as AT or TA. Similar to Guanine and Cytosine, they are always paired up and shown as CG or GC . If these base pairs shows up as AG or TC for example, then it'll be a mutation.

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It connects to adenine which is connected to the sugar and phosphorus base of the DNA

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