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  1. A complex two-stranded molecule that
  2. contains, in chemically coded form, all the
  3. information needed to build, control, and
  4. maintain a living organism. DNA is a
  5. ladderlike double-stranded nucleic acid that
  6. forms the basis of genetic inheritance in all
  7. organisms, except for a few viruses that have
  8. only RNA. In eukaryotic organisms, it is
  9. organized into chromosomes and contained in
  10. the cell nucleus.
  11.