What DNA stands for 19 Articles

by Aldo Bonincontro

WHAT IS DNA The DNA is a long and complex molecule present in the cells of all living beings and it codifies in its structure all their specific characters that make every individual belong to a certain species and differ...read more

by Mary Tyrer

A German biochemist by the name of Frederich Miescher is credited with the discovery of DNA in the late 1800's (Freeman, 2008). This discovery would lead to many new avenues for science to explore exactly how life began, w...read more

by Wes Becker

The basic building block of every organism, what we are all made up of and every living thing around us is made up of. Deoxyribonucleic acid is the basic building block of every living organism. It is the basic instruction...read more

by Andrew Goff

We are all made up of it. Me, you, that guy on the street corner, and even the tree in your backyard. Every living organism, and even some bacteria, contains a certain nucleic acid called DNA. Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA...read more

by Jake Mcdermott

DNA is a common acronym known to almost everybody form about middle school and up. What does this catchy abbreviation stand for? DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic acid, which is the basis for all human beings. DNA come...read more

by Katarina Harstad

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is made up of nucleotides (phosphate esters of nucleosides), consisting of a 5-carbon sugar, attached to a phosphate at the 5' carbon, and a base at the 1' carbon. The bases include the pyrimidi...read more

by Kay Parsons

DNA is something everyone has heard of and is commonly known as a molecule that is in charge of genetic code. Very basically, this is what DNA is. It's a little more complicated than that though. DNA stands for deox...read more

by Julia Lustig

By definition, Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses. To put it in easier terms, DNA, al...read more

by Mamoon Riaz

DNA History DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. It is nature's creation but scientists keeps on unveiling it and tries to show the world its functions in our bodies. DNA is related to genetics. Gregor Mendel: ...read more

by Peaches Pringle

DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is our entire basis for life. Neither you or me could live without it. DNA is found in every single cell of our bodies, excluding our red blood cells, and it codes for every single part of us...read more

by Alesha Carey

DNA stands for DeoxyriboNucleic Acid and is the genetic material of a cell. The chromosomes inside the nucleus of the cell are made of tons DNA. It is very fine and tightly coiled but there may be as much as a metre in a s...read more

by Jack Huru

DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. DNA consists of nitrogenous bases and a sugar backbone and is an essential factor for making proteins. What is a protein? A protein is a large molecule (macromolecule) which is a ...read more

by Cynthia Nardis

DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid, the nucleic acid partly consisting of the sugar deoxyribose. Nucleic acids are polymers, or large molecules with units that repeat. They are made up partly of sugar and phosphoric ...read more

by Stephen Margheim

DNA, also known as deoxyribonucleic acid, is a thin, chainlike molecule found in every living cell on earth. DNA is made up of tow complementary strands twisted together to form a spiral ladder called a double helix. If yo...read more

by Ryan P

DNA is the common abbreviation for the term deoxyribonucleic acid. It is a composed of sugar groups, called deoxyribose, phosphate, and nitrogen bases. The deoxyribose and phosphate make up the backbone of the molecule. ...read more

by Ray Waldo

DNA is a finger print of all living beings that ever lived in this universe. Scientists use these as markers to trace the evolution of life over millions of years past. DNA is not only the genetic map of living beings but ...read more

by Peter Kingsley

DNA REPLICATION If you want to unwind like a tightened shoelace, You couldn't go far without helicase And your lofty hopes won't come to beans. Let's say you have the desired enzyme, Now there's a weak strand 5 to...read more

by Chrissie Atkinson

What does the acronym DNA stand for? * DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic Acid. What is DNA? * DNA is a type of nucleic acid that is built up from components called nucleotides. Nucleotides are made up of three subu...read more

by Usha Bala Devi

Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid. DNA is present in present in every human body. This tells who the father of a child is. I would like to quote an example here. In India, there took place an incident. A man, who ma...read more