Q.Distinguish between DNA and RNA.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →DNA is double-stranded, contains deoxyribose sugar and the bases A, T, G, C, and is generally stable/long-lived, storing genetic information.
DNA and RNA differ in strandedness, sugar, one of the four bases, and their biological role.
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is typically a double-stranded helix, contains the pentose sugar deoxyribose (lacking a hydroxyl group at the 2' carbon), uses the nitrogenous bases adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine, and functions as the stable, long-term repository of genetic information, replicating itself before cell division. RNA (ribonucleic acid) is typically single-stranded, contains the sugar ribose, uses adenine, uracil (replacing thymine), guanine and cytosine as its bases, and exists in several functional, generally shorter-lived forms — messenger RNA (mRNA, carries the genetic message from DNA to ribosomes), transfer RNA (tRNA, brings amino acids during …
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