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When RNA is hydrolysed there is no relationship among the quantities of different bases obtained . What does this fact suggest about the structure of RNA ? Single stranded structure of RNA.

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DNA molecule has a double strand and four complementary bases paired with each other . Cytosine ( C) pairs with guanine (G) while thymine (T) pairs with adenine (A). Due to such structure , DNA products the products in definite molar ratio. The case is not same RNA, i.e., base pairing rule in not followed . thus , when RNA is hydrolysed , the quantities of different bases are different. This suggests that RNA has single stranded structure.
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