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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
The molecule that carries the genetic information (genes) in all organisms except the RNA viruses. It consists of two long polysugar-phosphate strands connected by base pairs connecting congruent bases out of a set of four, and twisted in a double helix.
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