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Nucleotides and Nucleosides

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DNA differs from RNA in

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Only Sugar

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Nitrogen base only

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Nitrogen base and sugar

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C Nitrogen base and sugar
DNA differs from RNA because DNA has deoxyribose sugar while RNA has ribose sugar. DNA has thymine as pyrimidine while, in RNA thymine is replaced by uracil.

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