die chemiese bousteen wat chromosome vorm en inligting dra om groei en ontwikkeling te beheer, sowel as alle oorerflike eienskappe wat van een geslag na die ander oorgedra word.
English: deoxyribonucleic acidnoun
the chemical building block that forms chromosomes and carries information to control growth and development as well as all inherited characteristics that are passed on from generation to generation.