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The upcoming discussion will update you about the differences between somatic hybridization and sexual hybridization. Somatic Hybridization: 1. It involves fusion of somatic cells. 2. It leads to the production of allotetraploid plants. 3. There is equal contribution of cytoplasm from both parents. 4. Segregation does not occur. 5. Wide crosses can be easily made Sexual Hybridization: 1. It involves [...]

This article clarifies the difference between DNA and RNA. RNA is very similar to DNA, but differs in a few important structural details: RNA nucleotides contain ribose sugars while DNA contains de-oxy-ribose (a type of ribose that lacks one oxygen atom) and RNA uses predominantly uracil instead of thymine present in DNA. RNA is usually single-stranded, while DNA is usually [...]