Nucleic Acids

Paul Andersen explains the importance and structure of nucleic acids. He begins with an introduction to DNA and RNA. He then describes the important parts of a nucleotide and shows how they are connected through covalent and hydrogen bonding.
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at about 4:15 Mr.Anderson said that is how RNA is made.... but in the chain there was Thymine NOT Uracil ...Does that mean in the RNA chain you can have both T and U?

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I was wondering where's the acid part in the nucleic acid. Do nucleic acid contain any acids?

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But if 2RNa's overlapped, shouldn't there be a strand of like 2 Uracils. In the DNA picture, It shows there is Thymine bonded with another nucleotide. Where did the thymine come from?​

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