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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dna has 1 sense
- dna(n = noun.substance) deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information; "DNA is the king of molecules" has parts: cistron, factor, gene, base pair, nucleic acid
has particulars: operon, cdna, complementary dna, episome, coding dna, exon, intron, noncoding dna, junk dna, recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid, recombinant dna, sticky end, jumping gene, transposon
is a kind of polymer
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dna, abbr. deoxyribonucleic acid, the self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms, esp. as a constituent of chromosomes, which is the carrier of genetic information.
THESAURUS
dna
Altmann theory, DNA double helix, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, allele, allelomorph, anticodon, biotype, birth, character, chromatid, chromatin, chromosome, codon, deoxyribonucleic acid, determinant, determiner, diathesis, endowment, eugenics, factor, gene, gene complex, gene flow, gene pool, genesiology, genetic code, genetic drift, genetics, genotype, hereditability, hereditary character, heredity, heritability, heritage, inborn capacity, inheritability, inheritance, mRNA, matrocliny, messenger RNA, nucleotide, operator gene, operon, patrocliny, pharmacogenetics, recessive character, regulator gene, replication, ribosomal RNA, structural gene, tRNA, transfer RNA
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