genetic material

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genetic material [jə¦ned·ik mə′tir·ē·əl]

(genetics)

The nuclear (chromosomal) and cytoplasmic (mitochondrial and chloroplast) material that plays a fundamental role in determining the nature of all cell substances, cell structures, and cell effects; the genes have properties of self-propagation and variation.

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