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The term DNA.
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DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the genetic material for most animals and plants, and even some viruses. The name originates from its structure, which is a sugar and phosphate backbone which have bases standing out from it. So that "deoxyribo" alludes to the sugar and the nucleic acid alludes to the phosphate and the bases.
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