Question

You are trying to identify this nucleic acid. All BUT one observation is an important clue to the nucleic acid's identity. That is it A) is single stranded. B) contains phosphate. Eliminate C) contains ribose sugar. D) contains uracil instead of thymine.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. contains phosphate

This is not an an important clue to a nucleic acid's identity and therefore is not important for identifying a nucleic acid.