Even though RNA degrades quickly (unstable) and is tedious to isolate compared to DNA isolation, why would you use RNA for gene expression analysis instead of genomic DNA?

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Even though RNA degrades quickly (unstable) and is tedious to isolate compared to DNA isolation, why would you use RNA for gene expression analysis instead of genomic DNA?

 

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