Traditionally, evolutionary studies are done with DNA. For the miRNA lab, you are going to observe RNA rather than DNA. How can looking at expression of RNA contribute to understanding evolution?

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Brynn Washington

26 November, 11:42

Traditionally, evolutionary studies are done with DNA. For the miRNA lab, you are going to observe RNA rather than DNA. How can looking at expression of RNA contribute to understanding evolution?

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Reilly Bird · Answer 1

Explanation: Looking at the expression of RNA provides a less tedious study on evolution since the DNA basically undergoes transcription allowing for expression of RNA than looking at the whole DNA which is a lot larger than RNA.