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Chapter 17: Q. 17.100 (page 615)

What is different about the primary structure of RNA and DNA?

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The difference in the primary structure of RNA and DNA is that RNA contains the sugar ribose, whereas DNA has the sugar deoxyribose

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We need to find difference about the primary structure of RNA and DNA

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DNA and RNA are distinguished by two characteristics:
(a) RNA contains the sugar ribose, whereas DNA has the sugar deoxyribose, which is slightly different (a type of ribose that lacks one oxygen atom)
(b) The nucleobase uracil is found in RNA, whereas thymine is found in DNA.

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