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A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Â© A Dictionary of Ecology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

guanine A purine base found in nucleic acids. See also adenine, cytosine, and thymine.

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	Erwin Chargaff Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...there are also two types (adenine and guanine). In addition, two important experimental...in all organisms, as do cytosine and guanine, but that the proportions between the...expressed as follows: purines (adenine + guanine) equal pyrimidines (cytosine + thymine...
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