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Although primordial life is thought to have been RNA-based, organisms now store genetic information in DNA.DNA is a more stable than RNA because ribonucleotides contain a reactive 2-hydroxyl on the ribose ring that greatly sensitizes the sugar-phosphate backbone to hydrolysis.Ribonucleotides in DNA also alter nucleic acid helical parameters, which could potentially influence cellular DNA transactions and alter the information stored in DNA.