"genetic code" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: genetic codes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} genetic code (plural genetic codes)
  1. (genetics) The set of rules by which the sequence of bases in DNA are translated into the amino acid sequence of proteins. Wikipedia link: genetic code Categories (topical): Genetics Translations (rules by which the sequence of bases in DNA are translated into the amino acid sequence of proteins): генеты́чны код (hjenjetýčny kod) [masculine] (Belarusian), codi genètic [masculine] (Catalan), 遺傳密碼 (Chinese Mandarin), 遗传密码 (yíchuán mìmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 遺傳編碼 (Chinese Mandarin), 遗传编码 (yíchuán biānmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), genetický kód [masculine] (Czech), genetische code [masculine] (Dutch), geneettinen koodi (Finnish), code génétique [masculine] (French), genetischer Code [masculine] (German), genetikai kód (Hungarian), erfðalykill [masculine] (Icelandic), erfðakóði [masculine] (Icelandic), erfðatáknróf [neuter] (Icelandic), erfðaróf [neuter] (Icelandic), codice genetico [masculine] (Italian), 遺伝情報 (iden-jōhō) (alt: いでんじょうほう) (Japanese), генетик код (genetik kod) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), kod genetyczny [masculine] (Polish), código genético [masculine] (Portuguese), cod genetic [neuter] (Romanian), генети́ческий код (genetíčeskij kod) [masculine] (Russian), código genético [masculine] (Spanish), genetisk kod [common-gender] (Swedish), генети́чний код (henetýčnyj kod) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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