i’m currently writing a book about the basics of biology. it’s rather technical and discusses genetics, biochemistry and such. can i post chapters here? does anybody want to read this? why/why not?

also where else to post this?

  • xkbx@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    4 days ago

    So i know that rna means something like robot nuclear acid. But anything more complex than that would be lost on me, like my keys from the holes in my pockets. Or like my dignity, from the holes in my pockets

    • Aniki@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      nah RNA isn’t robot, it’s all biological and can be found in nature. it’s just a storage molecule for genetic information, just like DNA, but DNA is more stable.

      so you might ask, why does RNA even exist if it’s less stable than DNA? first of all, some species want unstable genes sothat these genes change quickly (rapid mutation) which can lead to more genetic diversity through random mutations. some viruses do it that way. they produce a million offsprings with each generation and then hope that some of them randomly mutate.

      the other important reason is as an intermediary information storage system. inside cells, it’s used to send information around within the cell. the RNA is short-lived, basically only sending some information from one end of the cell to the other, then decaying. it doesn’t have to live very long or be very stable to do that.