genetic code

/dʒəˌnɛdɪk koʊd/
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Other forms: genetic codes

Definitions of genetic code
  1. noun
    the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells
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    types:
    triplet code
    the normal version of the genetic code in which a sequence of three nucleotides codes for the synthesis of a specific amino acid
    type of:
    order, ordering, ordination
    logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
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