How are DNA and RNA different?

Difference in RNA and DNA

Wrong! Both plants and animals have DNA and RNA. RNA is a single stranded molecule while DNA is double stranded. Both contain 4 different base pairs, 3 of which are the same for both RNA and DNA; Guanine, Adenine and Cytosine. Thymine, the 4th base pair found in DNA is replaced by Uracil in RNA.

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1) DNA has deoxyribose sugar while RNA has ribose sugar.
2) DNA is double-stranded while RNA is single-stranded.
3) DNA's nucleotides are Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thyamine, while RNA's are Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Uracil.
4) DNA is much longer and codes for RNA.
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