"genetic material" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: genetic materials [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} genetic material (countable and uncountable, plural genetic materials)
  1. The material used to store genetic information in the nuclei, mitochondria or plastids of an organism's cells; either DNA or RNA Wikipedia link: genetic material Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-genetic_material-en-noun-w32xlBbq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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