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The two purine bases found in nucleic acids are

Aadenine and guanine
Bcytosine and thymine
Cthymine and uracil
Dguanine and cytosine

Answer: A

Adenine and guanine have a fused two-ring (purine) skeleton. Cytosine, thymine and uracil are single-ring pyrimidines.

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