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Single-stranded? Wouldn’t that be RNA?

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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.)

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

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

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