Meaning

1 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The material used to store genetic information in the nuclei, mitochondria or plastids of an organism's cells; either DNA or RNA

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The chromosomes in our cells contain the whole of our genetic material.

    ruХромосомы в наших клетках содержат весь наш генетический материал.

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  2. Our genetic material is being constantly invaded by small egocentric molecular parasites.

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  3. Bacteria have DNA as genetic material.

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  4. Once attached, the microbe inserts its genetic material, turning the cells into little factories that crank out thousands of copies of HIV.

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Forms

plural: genetic materials

Lessons for this word

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
generousB1generouslyB2genesisgeneticB1geneticallyB1geneticistgeneticsB1genie
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