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List three ways RNA is different from DNA?

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RNA has many differences to DNA the top three are that RNA has a single helix shape where as DNA has a double helix shape, DNA is kept in the nucleus of a cell where as RNA moves through out the cell, and the last reason is that DNA and RNA have different baces for there strand or strands
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RNA contains the sugar ribose

DNA contains the slightly different sugar deoxyribose (a type of ribose that lacks one oxygen atom

RNA has the nucleolus uracil while DNA contains thymine.

Step-by-step explanation:

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