Give three differences between the structures of RNA and DNA

DNA has a double helix structure, RNA is usually single-stranded DNA is stable, RNA is very unstable DNA is longer, RNA is generally shorter DNA contains Thymine, RNA contains Uracil DNA contains a deoxyribose sugar, RNA contains a ribose sugar DNA contains introns (non-coding regions of DNA, RNA does not)



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