Question
Give difference: RNA and DNA
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Answer
| RNA | DNA |
| 1) It is present in nucleus and cytoplasm. | 1) It is present in nucleus of eukaryotic cell and as a nucleoid in prokaryotic cell. |
| 2) It contains ribose sugar. | 2) It contains deoxyribose. |
| 3) It contains uracil instead of thymine nitrogen base. | 3) It contains thymine instead of uracil nitrogen base. |
| 4) It has only one strand of polynucleotide. | 4) It has two complementary polynucleotide. |
| 5) It can not replicate themselves. | 5) It can do replication. |
| 6) It mainly participates in protein synthesis. | 6) It is the genetic material which conserves information for inheritance. |
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