Whats the difference between Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Ribonucleic Acid?
That sucks. He should be there to help you. There are two big differences and then a bunch of smaller, yet important differences: 1. The sugar used in ribonucleic acid (RNA) nucleotides is called ribose, while the sugar used in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) nucleotides is called deoxyribose. 2. Instead of the nucleotide thymine (T) in DNA, the nucleotide uracil (U) is used in RNA. The other differences as well — RNA can travel out of the nucleus to cause protein synthesis and RNA is much smaller than DNA since it just a copy of one portion of the immense DNA molecule. Also, DNA is highly stable, while RNA is degraded shortly after its creation. Finally, RNA exists as a single strand, while DNA exists as a double-stranded helix.
