Which of these nucleotide bases is NOT present in RNA: Cytosine, Thymine, Guanine, Adenine, Uracil

The correct answer is: Thymine.The four bases found in DNA molecules are Cytosine, Guanine, Adenine and Thymine but in RNA molecules, the Thymine base is replaced by Uracil.

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