Both DNA and RNA can store information, yet DNA is the major information storage molecule in most cells. What are the advantages of using DNA for information storage instead of RNA?

A. DNA strands are less likely to spontaneously break because of the hydrogen bonds between bases.
B. If DNA stored information for the synthesis of RNA, RNA could be freed up for enzymatic functions.
C. Cells with both DNA and RNA would have an advantage over cells with just RNA, because DNA does not spontaneously break and RNA could carry out enzymatic functions.
D. Reverse transcriptase could occur and DNA could make RNA.
E. DNA could be used to make proteins directly.


C. Cells with both DNA and RNA would have an advantage over cells with just RNA, because DNA does not spontaneously break and RNA could carry

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