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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Single-stranded? Wouldn't that be RNA?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nice. I learned something new today 🙂

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It is how it's generally taught in schools, which is unfortunate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.)