Answer to Question #322802 in General Chemistry for Meighry

Question

2. What is the relationship between amino acids and the nitrogenous bases of purines and pyrimidines?

3. What is cloning? Cite its advantages and disadvantages.

Answer 1

Purines and Pyrimidines are nitrogenous bases that make up the two different kinds of nucleotide bases in DNA and RNA. The two-carbon nitrogen ring bases (adenine and guanine) are purines, while the one-carbon nitrogen ring bases (thymine and cytosine) are pyrimidines.