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What are the similarities between DNA and cDNA?
Posted April 19, 2023
Cellular Structures and OrganellesDNA and RNA QuantitationDNA and RNANucleic AcidsNucleus
Answer

DNA and cDNA are two kinds of nucleic acids. Both are composed of DNA nucleotides and both have 4 nitrogenous bases - A, G, C, and T. They both contain a deoxyribose sugar and a sugar-phosphate backbone. Both DNA and cDNA also have coding regions.

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