Question
State any two structural differences and one functional difference between DNA and rRNA.
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Answer
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S. No
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DNA
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rRNA
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Structural:
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(i)
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It is a double-stranded structure.
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It is a single-stranded structure.
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(ii)
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It contains nitrogen bases, A, T, G, C.
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It contains nitrogen base, A, U, G, C.
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(iii)
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It has deoxyribose sugar.
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It has ribose sugar.
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Functional:
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It determines sequence of amino acid in a polypeptide by transcription and passes information from one generation to another.
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It is the site of translation.
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