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cytosine

cy·to·sine

UK/ˈsaɪtəsiːn/ uncommon

noun

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a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine

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After German Cytosin, equivalent to Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos) + -ine. Cytosine was discovered and named by the German biochemists Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann in 1894 when it was hydrolyzed from calf thymus tissues.

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