DNA
-Deoxyribonucleic acid
-deoxyribose sugar
-adenine, guanine, cytosine and THYMINE
-double stranded (helix)
RNA
-Ribonucleic acid
-ribose sugar
-adenine, guanine, cytosine and URACIL
-single stranded
-Polymers of nucleotides
-At least one helix of sugar-phosphates
DNA vs. RNA
(author: Kimberly Guijosa-Torres)