Q. Similarity in DNA and RNA is that
A) both are polymer of nucleotides
B) both have similar pyrimidine
C) both have similar sugar
D) both are genetic material. 6.4 Replication
Explanation
Deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid as the name suggests are made up of several nucleotide monomers. Each nucleotide consists of pentose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogenous bases. DNA has deoxyribose sugar whereas RNA has ribose sugar. The bases in DNA molecule are A, T, G and C whereas in RNA, thymine is absent and instead uracil is found.
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