The full form of DNA is:

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  1. deoxyribeneutral acid
  2. deltanucleic acid
  3. deoxyribonucleic acid
  4. dyoxyenucleic acid

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Option 3 : deoxyribonucleic acid
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The correct option is 3 i.e Deoxyribonucleic acid.

Key Points

  • The full form of DNA is Deoxyribonucleic acid.
  • DNA is the carrier of genetic material. Genes present as series of ATGC sequences and packed as helical structure are coherently called as DNA.
  • DNA is also responsible for introducing mutations in the species by random rearrangement of gene sequences or "recombination" during reproduction.
  • DNA structure was given in 1953 by Dr James Watson and Dr Francis Crick with the help of Rosalind Franklin via X-ray crystallography of DNA molecule.
  • DNA is a genetic carrier in human beings animals, bacteria etc.
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