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DNA & RNA Venn Diagram

Compare & Contrast
the following about
DNA & RNA:
Full Name
Shape
Number of Strands DNA
Name of Monomer RNA
Sugar
Phosphate Group
Nitrogen Bases BOTH
Purines & Pyrimidines  Deoxyribonucleic Acid  Ribonucleic Acid
Purpose
 Double Helix - Nucleic Acids  Single Helix
Location
 Double Stranded (2 - Helix  Single Stranded (1
strands) - Nucleotides strand)
 Deoxyribose Sugar - 5-carbon  Ribose Sugar
 Nitrogen Base = sugar  Nitrogen Base = Uracil
Thymine (T) - Phosphate (U)
 Pyrimidines = C & T Group  Pyrimidines = C & U
 Instructions for - Nitrogen  Copy the Instructions
making proteins Bases G, C, & A and Make the Proteins
 Nucleus of Eukaryotes - Same Purines  Nucleus, Cytoplasm, &
=G&A Ribosomes of
- Genetic Eukaryotes
Information  3 TYPES: mRNA, tRNA,
- Nucleus rRNA