DNA Testing Glossary

RNA
RNA stands for ribonucleic acid, and while it is structurally similar in many ways to DNA, it functions differently. If DNA is thought of as a set of encoded genetic instructions, RNA can be thought of as the key that makes those instructions readable by other structures in the body.

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