A polymer of nucleic acd that serves as the hereditary material for all organisms. It is capable of self-replication and synthesis of RNA in the cell. DNA consists of two long chains of nucleotides twisted into a double helix and joined by hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen bonds form between cytosine and guanine or adenosine and thymine, the bases that make up DNA.
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