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What are the differences in DNA and RNA?

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Answer:

RNA is single stranded
DNA is a double helix

RNA contains cytosine, guanine, adenine, and uracil
DNA contains cytosine, guanine, adenine, and thymine

RNA processes the information that the DNA has stored to direct protein synthesis
DNA is the storage center of information

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