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book The Living World 8th Edition by George Johnson cover

The Living World 8th Edition by George Johnson

Edition 8ISBN: 978-0078024214
book The Living World 8th Edition by George Johnson cover

The Living World 8th Edition by George Johnson

Edition 8ISBN: 978-0078024214
Exercise 17
Which carbohydrate is part of a molecule of RNA?
A) galactose
B) deoxyribose
C) ribose
D) glucose
DNA exists in cells as a double-stranded duplex molecule, whereas RNA, which is composed of very similar nucleotides linked together in the same way, does not form a double-stranded duplex in cells. Why not? If you were to place complementary single-strands of RNA in a test tube, would they spontaneously form duplex molecules?
Explanation
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