DNA vs RNA - Differences in Form and Function | Stated Clearly
This video comes with a worksheet and slides you can download here: - Free worksheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ST9qN_bKiwxhIxXbl0oAY1qkf7a3c9H6/view?usp=sharing - PowerPoint slides for teachers: https://forms.gle/Qj6LKdd7YtX71J4o9 If you found this video useful, you can always support my work on https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly Special thanks for Dr. Anthony Pool for helping edit this script and answer questions during production. Huge thanks to TE AO MĀRAMA, Centre for Fundamental Inquiry. They, along with our patrons, funded the production of this animation. https://www.teaomarama.auckland.ac.nz/ 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 #DNA #RNA #mRNA
