DNAnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌdiː.enˈeɪ/us/ˌdiː.enˈeɪ/specializedC2 deoxyribonucleic acid: the chemical, present at the centre of the cells of living things, that controls the structure and purpose of each cell and carries genetic information during reproduction
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Genetics
- adenine
- anaphase
- chromosomal
- chromosome
- codon
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- double helix
- gene therapy
- genetic code
- GMO
- heredity
- homozygous
- inheritance
- oncogene
- recessive
- ribosomal RNA
- ribosome
- sex chromosome
- synapsis
- translocation
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Idiom(s)
be in sb's DNA/be part of sb's DNA