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What does deoxyribonucleic mean?

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  1. (genetics) Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or its derivatives.
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In general, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is a very stable molecule.
Laboratory analysis of them repeatedly found signs of DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, the master molecule of heredity and life.
Each chromosome carries a single strand of deoxyribonucleic acid that threads together about 1,000 genes.
Viral deoxyribonucleic acid was extracted from the infected tissue and amplified using a diagnostic polymerase chain reaction.
Increasingly, materials scientists are taking deoxyribonucleic acid beyond its origins as a carrier of genetic code and adapting it for use as a nanotechnology tool.
Along with several independent teams, her group is extracting DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, from the soil and working to clone the material.

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