• Question: what does DNA stand for?

    Asked by lewisburnett to Alexandra on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Alexandra Kamins answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      deoxyribonucleic acid (I think I spelled that right…) It basically means that there is a sugar ring (that’s the “ribo” part) that is missing an oxygen atom (that’s the “deoxy” part) that holds a nucleotide (that’s the “nucleic” part). The nucleotides are the unique parts that make up the different “letters” of DNA.

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