• Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    The"single cell pet" gets me even more… Like isn’t that a tad specific? Dogs? No prob! Rabbits? Be my guest. Amoeba? Fuck off, weirdo!

    • IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org
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      5 months 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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        5 months ago

        Nice. I learned something new today 🙂

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

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      5 months ago

      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.)