DNA versus RNA

I am usually single-stranded

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

I am generally found both inside and outside of the nucleus

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

I am arranged as a double helix, and my shape is often described as a “twisted ladder.”

• DNA

• RNA

I include bases guanine, cytosine, and adenine.

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

Each of my nucleotides includes a phosphate, sugar, and base

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

I include the base uracil

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

I include the base thymine

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

I generally remain in the nucleus

• DNA

• RNA

I have the sugar deoxyribose

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

I am made up of nucleotides

• DNA

• RNA

• Both