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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

A long molecule found in the nucleus of a cell and shaped like a double helix. DNA, which is built of sequences of nucleotides, contains genetic information that determines the traits of an organism and passes from parent to offspring. If DNA is a ladder, the sugars and phosphate groups join together in sequence to act as the railing, and the base pairs act as “rungs.”