Nucleic acids like DNA and RNA play important roles in living organisms by storing and transmitting genetic information. Early in the development of life on Earth, RNA may have served both as genetic material and as a catalyst in chemical reactions before DNA and proteins took over their modern roles. Nucleic acids continue to be the basis for heredity and the flow of genetic information from one generation to the next through DNA replication and protein synthesis directed by RNA.
Nucleic acids like DNA and RNA play important roles in living organisms by storing and transmitting genetic information. Early in the development of life on Earth, RNA may have served both as genetic material and as a catalyst in chemical reactions before DNA and proteins took over their modern roles. Nucleic acids continue to be the basis for heredity and the flow of genetic information from one generation to the next through DNA replication and protein synthesis directed by RNA.
Nucleic acids like DNA and RNA play important roles in living organisms by storing and transmitting genetic information. Early in the development of life on Earth, RNA may have served both as genetic material and as a catalyst in chemical reactions before DNA and proteins took over their modern roles. Nucleic acids continue to be the basis for heredity and the flow of genetic information from one generation to the next through DNA replication and protein synthesis directed by RNA.