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What are the main differences between DNA and RNA? 

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`{:("DNA","RNA"),("1. It contsists of two strands of nucleotides.","1. It consists on only strand of nucleotides."),("2. It is present more in nucieus and very little in chloroplasts and mitochondria.","2. It is present more incytoprasm and little in nucleus."),("3. Deoxyribose sugar "(C_(5)H_(10)O_(4))" is present.","3. Ribose sugar "(C_(5)H_(10)O_(5))" is present."),("4. Thymine and cytosine are pyrimidines.","4. Uracil and cytosine are pyrimidines."),("5. DNA is made up of 4 millions nucleotides.","5. RNA is made up of 75 - 2000 nucleotides."),("6. It undergoes self - replication.","6. It does undergo self replication except in RNA viruses."),("7. DNA is the genetic material.","7. It is non-genetic material (except in RNA) viruses."),("8. It does not participate directly in protein synthesis.","8. RNA participate directly in protein synthesis."),("9. Metabolically DNA is of one type.","9. Metabolically RNA is three types."),("10. The base puring is A = T and G" -=" C.","10. The base puring is A = U and G = C."):}`
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