Which base is present in RNA but not in DNA?
Uracil
Cytosine
Guanine
Thymine
As we learnt in
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) -
Made up of nucleotides consisting of pentose sugar which is deoxyribose, Phosphoric acid and bases (Adenine , Guanine , cytosine and thymine)
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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) -
Made up of nucleotides consisting of pentose sugar which is ribose, Phosphoric acid and bases (Adenine , Guanine , cytosine and uracil)
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In RNA uracil is present instead of thymine.
Option 1)
Uracil
This option is correct
Option 2)
Cytosine
This option is incorrect
Option 3)
Guanine
This option is incorrect
Option 4)
Thymine
This option is incorrect
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