What is Kanekalon made of? A: Kanekalon, a lighter and softer hair used globally for synthetic wigs and extensions, consists of a type of synthetic fiber known as modacrylic fiber. These fibers are modified acrylic fibers that stem from acrylonitriles and vinyl chloride. Continue Reading.
There are two differences that distinguish DNA from RNA: (a) RNA contains the sugar ribose, while DNA contains the slightly different sugar deoxyribose (a type of ribose that lacks one oxygen atom), and (b) RNA has the nucleobase uracil while DNA contains thymine.
Why does DNA contain thymine as a pairing base with adenine, but in the transcription, RNA contains uracil instead of thymine? The only difference between thymine and uracil is a methyl group-thymine has it, uracil doesn't.