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Similarity in DNA and RNA :
- ABoth have similar sugar
- BBoth are genetic material
- CBoth have similar pyrimidine
- DBoth are polymer of nucleotides
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Correct answer: D
Deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid as the name suggests are made up of several nucleotide monomers. Each nucleotide consists of pentose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogenous bases. DNA has deoxyribose sugar whereas RNA has ribose sugar. The bases in DNA molecule are A, T, G and C whereas in RNA, thymine is absent and instead uracil is found.
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