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genetic material
genetic material[jə¦ned·ik mə′tir·ē·əl] (genetics) The nuclear (chromosomal) and cytoplasmic (mitochondrial and chloroplast) material that plays a fundamental role in determining the nature of all cell substances, cell structures, and cell effects; the genes have properties of self-propagation and variation. genetic material
ge·net·ic ma·te·ri·althe carrier of hereditary information; in higher organisms it is duplex DNA.genetic material A term defined by the Convention on Biological Diversity (1993) as any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin containing functional units of heredity. |