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Which is not a characteristic of RNA?
  1. It is single stranded.
  2. It has the base uracil which will complement to adenine when binding to RNA or DNA.
  3. It contains the sugar ribose.
  4. It uses the base thymine as a complement to adenine on RNA or DNA.

A
It has the base uracil which will complement to adenine when binding to RNA or DNA.
B
It contains the sugar ribose.
C
It is single stranded.
D
It uses the base thymine as a complement to adenine on RNA or DNA.
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