Can someone please tell me what the letters DNA stand for as in identification?

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Answer 1

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or deoxyribose nucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life (and many viruses). DNA is often referred to as the molecule of heredity, as it is responsible for the genetic propagation of most inherited traits. During reproduction, DNA is replicated and transmitted to the offspring.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA

DNA can be used for indentification also. Each persons DNA is unique and hence can be matched.This is often used in case in crime scene's, identification of biological parents etc.

Answer 2

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) - is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions for the biological development of a cellular form of life or a virus. All known cellular life and some viruses have DNAs. DNA is a long polymer of nucleotides (a polynucleotide) that encodes the sequence of amino acid residues in proteins, using the genetic code.

Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA

Answer 3

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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DeoxyriboNeuclic Acid

The general structure of a section of DNADeoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid — usually in the form of a double helix — that contains the genetic instructions monitoring the biological development of all cellular forms of life, and many viruses. DNA is a long polymer of nucleotides (a polynucleotide) and encodes the sequence of the amino acid residues in proteins using the genetic code, a triplet code of nucleotides. DNA is thought to date back to between approximately 3.5 to 4.6 billion years ago.[1]

In complex eukaryotic cells such as those from plants, animals, fungi and protists, most of the DNA is located in the cell nucleus. By contrast, in simpler cells called prokaryotes, including the eubacteria and archaea, DNA is not separated from the cytoplasm by a nuclear envelope. The cellular organelles known as chloroplasts and mitochondria also carry DNA.

DNA is often referred to as the molecule of heredity as it is responsible for the genetic propagation of most inherited traits. In humans, these traits can range from hair color to disease susceptibility. During cell division, DNA is replicated and can be transmitted to offspring during reproduction. Lineage studies can be done based on the facts that the mitochondrial DNA only comes from the mother, and the male Y chromosome only comes from the father.

Every person's DNA, their genome, is inherited from both parents. The mother's mitochondrial DNA together with twenty-three chromosomes from each parent combine to form the genome of a zygote, the fertilized egg. As a result, with certain exceptions such as red blood cells, most human cells contain 23 pairs of chromosomes, together with mitochondrial DNA inherited from the mother.

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Answer 5

GENES are the units of heredity.

DNA stands for

== Deoxyribon-Nuclei- Acid. ==

This is the chemical responsible for preserving, copying, and transmitting information within .the body..

http://www.chgosem.edu/geneticssite/unit1_manual_3...

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Answer 6

Good try on the spelling the^analy, I had to get the dictionary out lol.

And it Deoxyribonucleic acid

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Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA

Answer 7

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deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA

Answer 8

deoxirybo neucleic acid

spelling's gotta be wrong though, lol

Answer 9

d(eoxyribo)n(ucleic) a(cid)

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