deoxyribonucleic acid
A nucleic acid found in all living things which consists of two polynucleotide chains…A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction.
Meronym: nucleotide
Desoxyribonukleinsäure
дезоксирибонуклеи́новая кислота́dɛzoksiribonukleínovaja kislotá
дезоксирибонуклеї́нова кислота́dezoksyrybonuklejínova kyslotá
- (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
Examples
2 sentencesChimpanzees and bonobos share almost ninety-nine percent of our DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid.
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a double helix molecule which contains the genetic information of every living being.
Translations
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Forms
plural: deoxyribonucleic acidsSynonyms
6 synonyms- (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information:desoxyribonucleic acidDNA
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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