Uracil is occasionally incorporated into DNA during replication. Why is it subsequently removed?
A) The presence of uracil would interfere with parental strand recognition.
B) Uracil is unstable and would cause mutations if left in the DNA.
C) Uracil makes the same hydrogen bonds as thymine so it might be confused with thymine.
D) Cytosine is unstable and occasionally converts to uracil.
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