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Differentiate between DNA and RNA

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There are two types of nucleic acid-

(a) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

(b) ribonucleic acid (RNA)

The main difference between these two acids are as below 

DNARNA
(i) In DNA, deoxyribose sugar is found(i) In RNA, ribose sugar is found.
(ii) DNA contains four bases i.e. adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine(ii) RNA contains four bases i.e. adenine, guanine, cytosine and uracil. 
(iii) It has double strand helix structure. (iii) It has single strand helix structure.


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