Relating to or containing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the molecule that carries genetic instructions for life.
From deoxy- (lacking one oxygen atom) + ribonucleic (relating to ribose sugar and nucleic acids). This term was coined when scientists discovered that DNA had a slightly different structure than RNA.
When Watson and Crick discovered the double helix structure of deoxyribonucleic acid in 1953, they basically unlocked the instruction manual for all life on Earth—it changed biology forever!
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