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minus-squarenis@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoSingle-stranded? Wouldn’t that be RNA?
minus-squareIrritableOcelot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoNope. RNA is chemically different: different sugar in the backbone, and there are wayyyy more than 4 RNA bases (like 12 iirc)
minus-squarenis@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNice. I learned something new today 🙂 Not sure where I picked up my belief that RNA was just one side of DNA.
minus-squareIrritableOcelot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt is how it’s generally taught in schools, which is unfortunate.
minus-squareDragonsInARoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoYes, 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.)
Single-stranded? Wouldn’t that be RNA?
Nope. RNA is chemically different: different sugar in the backbone, and there are wayyyy more than 4 RNA bases (like 12 iirc)
Nice. I learned something new today 🙂
Not sure where I picked up my belief that RNA was just one side of DNA.
It is how it’s generally taught in schools, which is unfortunate.
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.)