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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-28 months 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.)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoNope. RNA is chemically different: different sugar in the backbone, and there are wayyyy more than 4 RNA bases (like 12 iirc)
minus-squareNislinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoNice. I learned something new today 🙂 Not sure where I picked up my belief that RNA was just one side of DNA.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoIt is how it’s generally taught in schools, which is unfortunate.
Single-stranded? Wouldn’t that be RNA?
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.)
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.