Write the important structural and functional differences between DNA and RNA.

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$\begin{matrix} S . N o . & D N A & R N A 1. & T h e p e n d o s e s u g a r p r e s e n t i n D N A i s β - D - 2 - d e o x y r i b o s e, & T h e p e n t o s e s u g a r p r e s e n t i n R N A i s β - D r i b o s e . 2. & D N A o c n t a i n s c y t o s i n e a n d t h y m i n e a s p y r i m i d i n e b a s e s . & R N A c o n t a i n s c y t o s i n e a n d u r a c i l a s p r i m i d i n e b a s e s . 3. & I t h a s a d o u b l e - s t r a n d e d α - h e l i x s t r u c t u r e . & I t h a s a s i n g l e s t r a n d e d α - h e l i x s t r u c t u r e . 4. & I t s m o l e c u l e i s r e l a t i v e l y l o n g w i t h h i g h m o l e c u l a r m a s s & I t s m o l e c u l e i s r e l a t i v e l y s h o r t w i t h l o w m o l e c u l a r m a s s . F u n c t i o n a l d i f f e r e n c e s 5. & D N A i s t h e c h e m i c a l b a s i s o f h e r e d i t y . I t h a s u n i q u e p r o p e r t y o f r e p l i c a t i o n . & R N A i s n o t r e s p o n s i b l e f o r h e r e d i t y . I t u s u a l l y d o e s n o t r e p l i c a t e 6. & I t c o n t r o l s t h e t r a n s m i s s i o i n o f h e r e d i t a r y c h a r a c t e r s . & I t c o n t r o l s p r o t e i n s y n t h e s i s \end{matrix}$

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