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A gene has millions of bases, but they are just combinations of A, T, C and G (adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine).thymine = a DNA base (T)
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Thymine always pairs with adenine in the DNA double helix.thymine = one of the four chemical bases that make up DNA
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Too much UV light can damage thymine in skin cells, sometimes causing two thymine bases to stick together by mistake.
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Notice the sequence is made up of four basic compounds—adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine.† (source)
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Scientists distinguish DNA from RNA partly because thymine appears in DNA while uracil replaces it in RNA.†
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