• IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org
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      2 days ago

      Nope. RNA is chemically different: different sugar in the backbone, and there are wayyyy more than 4 RNA bases (like 12 iirc)

      • nis@feddit.dk
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        Nice. I learned something new today 🙂

        Not sure where I picked up my belief that RNA was just one side of DNA.

    • DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world
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      Yes, some viruses are single strand RNA (+ssRNA or -ssRNA) the textbook Microbiology: with Diseases by Taxonomy by Robert W Bauman is a good reference with a section for both. (Does have sqeemish pictures though.) (And its on zlib.)