Why does uracil replace thyamine in RNA?

Subject: Why does uracil replace thyamine in RNA?

Date: Wed Oct 22 09:22:54 1997
Posted by Mahvish Khan
Grade level: 10-12
School: Karachi Grammar School
City: Karachi State/Province: No state entered.
Country: Pakistan
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 877530174.Bc

Message:

What makes one pyramadine different from another ? Why is uracil in 
RNA?
I asked my teacher, but she could not give me any satisfactory answer,
and the encyclopedia wasn't a great help either.
Please help me.

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