The list of differences between DNA and RNA are tabulated in the table given below:
|
Character
|
DNA
|
RNA
|
|
1. Pentose Sugar
|
Deoxyribose
|
Ribose
|
|
2. Pyrimidine base
|
Thymine
|
Uracil
|
|
3. Nature
|
Double stranded, helical
Single stranded in some viruses
|
Single stranded, straight, folded or twisted
|
|
4. Location
|
Nucleus
|
Nucleus and cytoplasm
|
|
5. Purine: Pyrimidine ratio
|
Always 1:1
|
Not necessarily 1:1
|
|
6. Length
|
It consists of large number of nucleotides, upto 4.3 million
|
It consists of fewer nucleotides, upto 12,000
|
|
7. Replication
|
Can replicate
|
Cannot replicate
|
