Definition of genetic code in US English:
 genetic code
nounjəˈnedik kōddʒəˈnɛdɪk koʊd
The nucleotide triplets of DNA and RNA molecules that carry genetic information in living cells.
See triplet code
 Example sentencesExamples
-  Clark works with genetic information, creating DNA portraits in which people are represented by their genetic code.
 -  The genetic code has the same importance in molecular biology that the Periodic Table of the Elements has in chemistry.
 -  Our genetic code is found in parts of our cells called chromosomes.
 -  The film's name comes from the initials of the four DNA bases of our genetic code: guanine, adenine, cytosine and thymine.
 -  The universal genetic code is used in both the consistency analysis and the computer simulation.
 -  The genetic code of the Roboastra mitochondrial genome is the same as that used by other mollusks.
 -  The retrovirus would then move the gene into the host cell's genetic code.
 -  A couple of years from now, there may be as many as 70 pathogens whose genetic code has been cracked.
 -  Its genetic code is embedded in a complex DNA structure called the TCP pathogenicity island.
 -  With the human genetic code we find roughly 2 million to 3 million variations in the chromosomes.
 -  The genetic code is the mapping by which nucleotide sequences are translated into amino acid sequences.
 -  If a gene on the Y chromosome mutates, that piece of the male genetic code may disappear.
 -  Because of some unknown quirk or mutation in the cosmic dance her genetic code did not enable her cells to make a full life possible.
 -  In addition, their genetic code is simple and their cellular DNA is relatively easy to modify in the lab.
 -  To clone, scientists replace all the genetic material in an egg with a mature cell containing the complete genetic code from the donor.
 -  Biochemistry may explain why most of the exceptions to the genetic code involve stop codons.
 -  In it he predicted that a large molecule carrying a genetic code would explain heritable characteristics.
 -  We have a hundred trillion cells - when you try to use the same genetic code to get the same experiment done twice it never works.
 -  He won the Nobel, discovered the double helix, and helped unravel our genetic code.
 -  Starting at one end of the gene, the genetic code is read three nucleotides at a time.