When Charts are More Confusing Than Helpful

Here's an interesting article from Stubborn Mule about why 3-D charts can be misleading. I was going to use one of these charts for the post about making food choices (When Bad Things Make Sense), so I thought this would be interesting.

Here's the chart:

I really liked this chart when I first saw it.  But can you see the problem here?

The Basics of DNA and RNA:

What's DNA?
This gives us all the information on how to make our cells.  It's like a genetic blueprint, used to synthesize proteins and other molecules. 

What's RNA? 
RNA is the copy of the blueprint that goes to the building crew.  DNA isn't directly read to make proteins, so RNA is used as the copy.  The process of making an RNA copy of DNA is called transcription, and the process of making a protein from RNA is called translation.  The RNA uses a protein called a ribosome to actually manufacture the protein. So the DNA is the master design, the RNA is the blueprint copy,  and the ribosome is the work crew that assembles the protein.


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