DNA and RNA Structure Answers

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Which structural characteristic is seen in RNA but not in DNA?

double strands

a single strand

chains of nucleotides

a helical shape

On an RNA molecule, which would base pair with adenine?

thymine

guanine

cytosine

uracil

What did Chargaff discover while studying bases in the DNA of organisms?

The bases in the DNA of each organism were unique.

The ratios of thymine and adenine were similar, as were the ratios of guanine and cytosine.

The overall percentages of bases were different from one organism to the next.

There were equal amounts of all four bases in every organism, or 25 percent of each base.

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