DNA vs RNA - Differences in Form and Function | Stated Clearly

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Explore Further by reading the following scientific articles:

1953 paper describing the structure of DNA:
https://dosequis.colorado.edu/Courses/MethodsLogic/papers/WatsonCrick1953.pdf

Relics from the RNA world:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9419222/

Comparative Analysis of RNA Families Reveals Distinct Repertoires for Each Domain of Life
https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002752

The case for an Early Biological Origin of DNA
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4247479/

Confounded cytosine! Tinkering and the evolution of DNA
https://www.nature.com/articles/35052091

Methyl-RNA: an evolutionary bridge between RNA and DNA?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7172353/

Modern mRNA proofreading and repair: clues that the last universal common ancestor possessed an RNA genome?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15774424/

00:00:00 Tools for Biology Teachers
00:00:20 Form equals function
00:01:05 DNA vs RNA: Differences in function
00:02:42 Cells use DNA for information storage
00:03:13 DNA and RNA: Differences in structure
00:03:58 Some viruses use RNA for information storage
00:04:40 Atomic structure of DNA and RNA nucleotides
00:07:17 DNA uses thymine, RNA uses uracil
00:08:04 Review of DNA vs RNA
00:09:05 DNA's structure discovered in 1953

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