State three differences between DNA and mRNA molecules

DNA contains the base Thymine, whereas mRNA contains Uracil DNA is double stranded whereas RNA is single stranded DNA contains deoxyribose sugar, whereas mRNA contains ribose sugar DNA is long whereas mRNA strands are much shorter

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