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Why do scientists think that RNA may have evolved before DNA?

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Single-stranded RNA has a simpler structure compared to double-stranded DNA. Therefore, RNA molecules might have evolved first before DNA.

Even though RNA is unstable and easily damaged by enzymes, it already possesses the ability to store genetic information and catalyze chemical reactions even before DNA evolved.

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