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What is deoxyribonucleic acid?

What is deoxyribonucleic acid? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (genetics) A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living, see virus); consists of a polymer formed from nucleotides which are shaped into a double helix; it is associated with the transmission of genetic information.
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Along with several independent teams, her group is extracting DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, from the soil and working to clone the material.
The development of organisms, from human bodies to viruses, depends on genetic information contained in DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid.
In 1959 Nirenberg began his investigations into the relationship between deoxyribonucleic acid, ribonucleic acid and the production of proteins.
This three-letter abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule that lies in every gene, has entered the common vocabulary.
Within the nucleus are chromosomes that contain DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, genetic material unique to each individual.
Increasingly, materials scientists are taking deoxyribonucleic acid beyond its origins as a carrier of genetic code and adapting it for use as a nanotechnology tool.

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