Which structural component is found in DNA but not in RNA?

Question:- Which structural component is found in DNA but not in RNA?

Answer

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a double-stranded molecule composed of four nitrogenous bases: there is two being adenine (A) and guanine (G) while the other two are cytosine (C) and thymine (T). RNA, ribonucleic acid, for its part, is made of a single polynucleotide chain consisting of adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil nitrogenous bases rather than thymine. Uracil is very similar in structure to thymine but has one fewer methyl group than thymine. The difference in the nitrogenous bases makes the two genetic materials different despite belonging to the same family; DNA and RNA. While DNA uses thymine to pair with adenine RNA uses uracil to pair with adenine in the process of transcription and translation.


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