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What is Genetic Information?

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We live in the age of DNA, the deoxyribonucleic acid. This is the complicated chemical name for the carrier molecule of genetic information, which contains the blueprint of every cell from bacteria to humans. In German one writes actually DNS, whereby the S stands for Säure. In France DNA is called ADN (acide désoxyribonucléique). In 2018, DNA has been officially added as emoji, which can graphically enrich tweets, posts and other messages (Fig. 2.1).

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Wünschiers, R. (2022). What is Genetic Information?. In: Genes, Genomes and Society. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64081-4_2

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