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The presence or absence of hydroxyl group on which carbon atom of sugar differentiates RNA and DNA?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

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RNA contains ribose sugar which has an group at the carbon. DNA contains -deoxyribose, which lacks the group at the carbon (it has a hydrogen atom instead).

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The presence or absence of hydroxyl group on which carbon atom of sugar differentiates RNA and DNA?
A
B
C
D

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