DNA
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RNA
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1. DNA is double
stranded
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Single stranded
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2. It contains a
pentose sugar called deoxyribose
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The pentose sugar
present is ribose
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3. Nitrogen bases are:
Purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (cytosine and thymine)
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Nitrogen bases are:
Purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (cytosine and uracil)
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4. Thymine base is
present but Uracil base is absent
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Uracil is present
but thymine is absent
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5. There are 4 types of
nucleotides: deoxyadenosine monophosphate, deoxyguanosine monophosphate,
deoxycytidine monophosphate and thymidine monophosphate
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There are 4 types of
nucleotides: adenosine monophosphate, guanosine monophosphate, cytidine
monophosphate and uridine monophosphate
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6. It is a genetic
material in organisms other than RNA viruses.
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It is a genetic
material in RNA viruses.
It is a carrier of
genetic information and it plays a very important role in protein synthesis.
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7.
It occurs in
chromosomes, nucleoplasm, mitochondria, chloroplasts etc
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It mostly occurs in
nucleolus, nucleoplasm and cytoplasm.
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8. More stable
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Less stable
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9. Less mutable
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More mutable
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