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deoxyribonucleic acid
[dee-ok-si-rahy-boh-noo-klee-ik, -nyoo-, -ok-si-rahy-]
deoxyribonucleic acid
/ 徱ːˌɒɪˌɪəʊːˈɪɪ /
noun
the full name for DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid
See DNA
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of deoxyribonucleic acid1
Example Sentences
These include long stable chains like those in deoxyribonucleic acid, better known as DNA, sometimes called the building blocks of life, which are capable of storming information that allow organisms to develop, replicate and evolve.
In living things, deoxyribonucleic acid, more commonly known as DNA, carries biological information that instructs the cells of organisms on how to form, grow, and reproduce.
With this arrest, the mystery of the Golden State Killer was solved thanks to the forensic analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid, a criminal justice technique that dates back to the mid-1980s.
Often described as the blueprint for every cell, DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the spiral-staircase-shaped strand of molecules that carry the code by which cells duplicate themselves.
DNA is, of course, an abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, a molecule that codes genetic information in all living organisms.
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