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925291800RNARibonucleic acid is a single stranded nucleic acid with nucleotides cytosine, glutamine, adenine and uracil. Ribose is the sugar in RNA. RNA is used by organisms for protein synthesis.0
925291801DNADeoxynucleic acid is a double stranded nucleic acid with nucleiotides cytosine, glutamine, adenine and thymine. Deoxyribose is the sugar in DNA. DNA carries the genetic information for all life forms.1
3361591456WATSON AND CRICKScientists that developed double helix model of DNA.2
3361596782GUANINEComponent of nucleic acids that carries hereditary information in DNA and RNA in cells; pairs with cytosine.3
3361600980CYTOSINEType of nitrogen base, abbreviated as C and paired with G.4
3361613442ADENINEA component of nucleic acids, energy-carrying molecules such as ATP, and certain coenzymes. Symbol is A and pairs with T.5
3361619326THYMINEA component of nucleic acid that carries hereditary information in DNA in cells. Chemically, it is a pyrimidine base.6
3361626525URACILNitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; its symbol is U.7
3361631985NUCLEOTIDEMonomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base8
3361638719GENOMEAll genetic information in an organism; all of an organism's chromosomes.9
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